Can I create a new Wireless LAN through this? and Will this work with other vendor routers ?
1852332
I have a HP 18 5010 all in one - using it in africa for this year where 3g is sometimes the best available signal - limited locations with ground cables, either copper or fiber If i have an usb internet modem plugged into the usb 2.0 point on computer, will the computer route the signal it now reads through its ethernet cable out to the router for distribution to family devices? Does this device create an internet signal that can leave the computer or is it just one way - inbound?
1852333
This is a usb WLAN Adapter. It is used to Connect to W-Fi access points and hotspots. It will connect to any compatible router using the same 802.11n protocols. This is a 2.4GHz adapter and will not connect to 5.8GHz networks.
1852334
By personal experience this item is compatible with other vendor routers and therefore can be used in any Wireless LAN.
2149229
After reading the documentation, I think it can be, but I was not able to do it successfully. That is the original intent that I had for this router, but after playing around for a while, I gave up and just used it as a normal wireless router.
1131345
If you are highly tech-savvy you might be able to. You can contact the vendor for help. I ran Ethernet cables for both of mine because we had trouble getting a wireless connection to work reliably.
869367
If I remember right there was a selection for bridged mode in the setup wizard. The other thing I changed was I turned off NAT and let my WIFI router handle NAT. The only other concern is that the modem will still use 192.168.1.1 as a LAN port address. You want a different address range for your WIFI router that the modem.
124269
I have had many routers, and used even more ... off the top of my head I cannot think of any one of them that was not configurable over the network, and worked for PC/Mac/Linux or anything else. I don't rule it out, but I have never personally seen something that did not work with anything ... that is, if it worked at all.
1486162
It works with most of the routers. Unless your router is very old more than 5 years you should not have a problem with any router. I just installed this a few months ago, and have it set up WPA for my wireless LINKSYS and also for direct wire RJ45 to a CISCO. I also set it up originally for use with my Verizon FIOS wireless that they installed with the system (can not remember but think it is Motorola) in any case it works well with this. If you have a very new router that only supports WPA2 IE is not backward compatible you should not have a problem. You can always fall back to WEP if you have trouble with the newer security Protocols. Not likely anyone that is going to be breaking into your home is going to be able to disable any of the protocols. Most like may rip them out but hopefully by then the system will have done it job. I connected this and the wireless phone add in just in case. Hope this helps
2004910
Short and sweet answer here...No.Download the latest firmware, use the built in Wizard WAN+2LAN to configure the router. That will set eth0 as a DMZ, eth1 as the WAN port, and the rest as local switch ports.It's not a simple device like a Linksys or Netgear, but it's not too tough now that they've added the wizard.
667487
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I have already returned the DIR 655. Secure Spot....Hmmmm. Not quite sure what that is. Unfortunate that when I contacted D-Link about the problem that they did not mention this. Seems odd that the router would work with all of the computers on the wireless network, but would not work with the BD 390. Oh well, guess I will purchase another router and try again.Thanks again
2128161
I am using this device as a wireless lan extender and it is working out just fine. I do not know if it functions as well as a wireless access point without a wireless router in place.
1384129
This not a modem this is an AP. But what you are intending would work if you connect this to your modem through a LAN cable and use the wireless SSID from netgear. I believe that you will still have to use your modem and are talking about the "weak" wireless connection through your modem. So in this case your modem is acting as modem + wireless router. Also check other high strength routers or may be amplifiers if you just want that. There should be a comparison for strengths of routers somewhere. I use this in my apt so cannot comment on the range.
594133
This will work, but you will also need to setup a VLAN-Aware Router as well.
2264981
The router has no feature to be configured as a wireless bridge. You might want to consider the WRT1900AC router which has the Wireless Bridge feature.
1646424
I run a small pc repair business, I've configured a lot of WIFI setups for customers. The hardest and the worst routers I've come across are Linksys. I purchased that one and finally just to get it out of my site sold it for 10 bucks. Never again will I purchase products from Linksys. Expensive, terrible support, and just plain not worth the effort. Check around Amazon for some really good deals on "N" routers, 20 or 30 bucks tops and no problem setting up. Hope this helps.Stevix
449711
I did. works fine. make sure your router is configured right. I had to plug it into a LAN port instead of the wan port
1968570
I believe I remember a way in the setup manual but I ended up not using this router because it would not work with my router without lowering the security level and I didn't want to do that. Wish they would have said that in the product description.
804393
May also be able to use a network cable to plug into your router. I would just plug it it in to the network to see what happens. How do you currently have it connected? Or is this going to be new?
1807370
Yes, you need to buy a separate wireless router. I think it is called a W1000. I got mine pretty cheap though.