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Looks like I'm moving in a few weeks, but since my new housemates are of the female persuasion, I highly doubt they are going to like me running a LAN cable through the house to my room.

They do have a Be Wireless Router, but I don't particularly want to have to buy Wifi cards for the other computers. Admittedly, I'll run the PS3 and Xbox from their Wireless, but is it possible to connect a second Wireless Router to the Be Wireless one via Wireless then use standard cabling to connect via Ethernet?

This seemed to me like a Wooster question =]

[Wooster]

It should be simple, but often isn't, due to the different flavours of firmware in use.
You can double check everything is A OK and some still just won't talk to each other.

What models are they?

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I don't have a Wireless Router yet, I was thinking about buying one though since I have a few PCs I'd want to connect to, and no shortage of Cat5 =]

It's the standard Be Unlimited 4 port Wireless Router, white one. Not had a chance to get my grubby mits on it, since I installed it anyway! Not sure if thats enough to go on for you though. I'm not sure how the Wireless itself connects to each other, or is it a matter of knowing IPs and Channels?

[Wooster]

You just clone the wireless settings of the Root AP on the Client AP, so the SSID, Mode (a/b/g/n), Encryption, Key and channel will be identical on both.
They both have to support bridging as well, which is where the difficulty arises since most home kit uses proprietary WDS software for this these days.

You could look for an alternative modem/router to install as the Root and buy matching kit to use for your Bridge, but there's a better and easier alternative...Homeplugs.
Buy two of those (ethernet type), disable the WAN port on the unit you have and just use it as a wireless/ethernet router.

I'd also set yours up to use a static IP address on the gateway's LAN, reserve it on the gateway router, add it to the DMZ and give it priority on the QoS settings if available and use yours as a DHCP server (and use your own SPI firewall). This will keep you off the LAN everyone else is using, to an extent.

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Cheers Woosty. I'll probably end up asking a few more questions in a few weeks, when I've had a proper gander at the Router in Question =] Thanks for your help matey

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Hey Woostertron!

It's the box at the top of this page -> https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/beunlimited

Bit of googling, finds that that's a Thomson SpeedTouch... but it looks identical to a Thomson SpeedTouch 585 V7 ADSL2+

[Wooster]

Not familiar with it at all mate. 

I did find this though.
http://www.fixya.com/support/t3285474-two_routers_netgear_dg834gv3_thomson

Where it says
-- go to Wireless Bridging and Repeating menu option
--- Set "Enable Wireless Repeating Function"
--- Set as "Wireless Base Station"

Do the same and set yours as Wireless Client/Slave Station instead (or whatever the other option is)
Remember, encryption, channel and SSID all have to match on both.

Looking around and it looks like some are modifying .ini files on the things to achieve what they need to do..so it doesn't look like they're the most user friendly devices on the market.
If it comes down to it though, you can always buy two compatible devices that are easier to configure and toss the Thomsons in a drawer. 

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Actually, I had a brainwave... Homeplugs. Not very far to go, but solves the whole networking issue. Got some nice 200mbit ones coming tomorrow. If it degrades 10 times, I should still be able to get max speed to the router. Might get a Gigabit Switch and wire up everything.

Does mean I need to wait to tomorrow to get on the net using my computer though, well... without the 3G Dongle anyway (though, that did a TF2 700mb update in like 30 mins yesterday?!)

Need to change the connection though, it's using WEP currently!!!

[Stevie]

but there's a better and easier alternative...Homeplugs.

[Wooster]

Actually, I had a brainwave... Homeplugs.

You could look for an alternative modem/router to install as the Root and buy matching kit to use for your Bridge, but there's a better and easier alternative...Homeplugs.
Buy two of those (ethernet type), disable the WAN port on the unit you have and just use it as a wireless/ethernet router.

 

[keasy]

You planted the seed of the brain wave.


 

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INCEPTION!

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I HAS INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wooster]

Oh Noes! 

 

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Have to give it a proper test, it was only saying 11mbit... only 500m from the exchange, on 24mbit be.

Cable to the Router looks a bit chatty too... still, 11mbit isn't too bad... though Steam got confused and said it somehow reached 5.5mb/s, which 44mbit lol.