Ok. I live in an old house. Really old. Well, compared to Florida standards. So, my electric outlets are two prong. The walls are coated, sealed and basically built of lead paint \u2013 something wifi signals just don\u2019t appreciate.<\/p>\n
I installed a Linksys E4200 router a few months ago. The signal is good, but not that good. Last week I found my daughter playing on her iPad in the upstairs hallway. Why? To get a good wifi signal \u2013 or any wifi signal. Awww\u2026.<\/p>\n
So I ordered a WAP610N, also from Linksys. Thought this was the way to repeat the signal. Sorry. Don\u2019t know where my head was when I spec\u2019d it but, it\u2019s not a repeater. Only a bridge. This means I\u2019d have to run a wire from the Linksys E4200 router to the WAP610N. In a historic house? No way!<\/p>\n
A desperate attempt at reconciling my ways, I chatted with Linksys tech support. No, the WAP610N won\u2019t work unless there\u2019s a wire between the two. No, there is no Linksys wireless repeater that works with the E4200 \u2013 even in wifi G-only mode. Nice.<\/p>\n
Well, luck struck! And then a light bulb! I had ordered an Asus WL-330gE_M to give me wifi for my iPad when 3G was too weak and the client I was at didn\u2019t have wifi. Well, I must have really had a bad day, because I was supposed to get the WL-330g without the E_M. But, this is where the light bulb lit up!<\/p>\n
The Asus WL-330gE_M doesn\u2019t even come with instructions. Not even downloadable. Not even a CD. It\u2019s meant to be plug and pray\u2026er play. So much for using it as a repeater and ignoring the naysayers at Linksys. But, alas! Since the E_M version comes with a wifi transmitter and a wifi receiver, what if I used it to put the WAP610N Wifi access point on the other side of the house????<\/p>\n
Voila! It worked! Since there\u2019s no need to config the Asus WL-330gE_M, I just ran a cable from the E4200 router to the transmitter unit of the Asus. It sits next to the E4200, so it\u2019s a short cable I can hide behind a cabinet with the others.<\/p>\n
Then, walked to the other side of the house. Plugged in the Asus WL330gE_M receiver unit. Attached a patch cable (network) from it to the Linksys WAP610N. Logged into the Linksys WAP610N and configured it with the same wifi settings as my E4200. And it works!<\/p>\n
So, get this. I used the Asus to go wifi from the E4200 to the WAP610N because otherwise I would have needed a cable. Then the WAP610N is putting out a wifi signal I can get to from my network devices -iPad, iPhone, Laptop, etc. And for the curious, the wifi the Asus uses to talk from it\u2019s transmitter to it\u2019s receiver can\u2019t be \u2018seen\u2019 by my devices and doesn\u2019t need any configuration. So, it works, but without getting in the way.<\/p>\n
Can you tell I\u2019m excited? And not just for using the items I ordered by mistake to make something work that shouldn\u2019t \u2013 well, ok \u2013 yeah that\u2019s the reason! Woohoo!<\/p>\n
Would I recommend this for others? Sure! Especially if they have a Linksys router (like the E4200) that doesn\u2019t have a wifi repeater that will work with it. And if you can\u2019t run a long patch cable from the router to the WAP (wifi access point) because you are in an old house, an apartment or just too lazy or scared to run long cables and drill through your walls or ceiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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