I have 1 cable internet connection to my house hooked up to a wireless router on the main floor. Due to walls/floors/distance, I need to add an additional wireless router to the basement and run Ethernet to 1 desktop. The devices involved are US Robotics 5461 and Trendnet TEW-452BRP. I'd like the USR to be in the basement since it has a built-in print server and the printer is needed in the basement. The USR has Bridging and WDS capabilities. The Trendnet has an "AP mode." I've tried different setting combinations, but none would allow me to access the internet from the basement. Essentially I just want the WAP in the basement to act as a repeater I guess. I know the terms bridge, router, repeater, AP all have very technical meanings applying to different hardware levels, which most laymen are not familiar with (including me), but I'm trying my best to accurately describe the equipment and what I'm trying to do. Hope someone can help given the specified equipment, since the search answers I've come up with are specific to other people's equipment or too generic. Thanks.
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16 years ago