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bhvm

Dear sirs,
I am using BSNL Home UL750 plan.
The Access is through an BSNL UTstarCom Type 4 (WA3002G4) modem for Wifi.

My question is....
How to configure another Similar (WA3002G4) Wifi Modem to act as Range extender?

Please note that bringing in a LAN cable to extender is not feasable for me. I simply want to put the a second Wifi Modem that will accept signals from my ADSL WiFi router and repeat the signal.

Kindly show me the way..

birender

This is not possible with physical connectivity, because the router which BSNL provide to their customer are not WDS enabled which means wireless distribution system. WDS routers are very costly because they use for mesh networking so this is not possible with your existing router.

bhvm

Thanks for the reply,
But i did'nt quite get it (or maybe you did'nt get my question)

I alredy have WIFI network at my home for internet using BSNL type 4 Modem
Now i wanna add another similar modem to extend the Wireless range. Kindly elaborate your explanation on this.

Seperate range boosters are available in market,but too expensive, BSNL modem costs just 1800

essbebe

Since you want to use two WIFI modem/routers,
easiest method is to
<A>extend the telephone line
( if legally possible)to the other location
( within your house/flat/apartment etc ).
What is the distance or Range required ?
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Can you invest in Antenna Booster systems ?
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=YOBfxbpxosA
The antenna is extended to a higher height.( or use dish like antenna )
From :
http://www.indiabroadband.net/broadb...nge-cheap.html (Boost your wi-fi range. Cheap!)

http://lifehacker.com/software/how-t...der-296367.php

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Only problem both modems/routers cannot be used at the same time .
( I use this method <A> ( for LAN use) for a distance of about 50 to 60 feet)

Imagine each WIFI router as a tower ( as for cellphone)
and each system can access only one tower and they
are independent.

birender

Agree with your situation but as you are saying that you are using 1 wifi router provided by BSNL with without physical connectivity its not possible becasue the routers which you uses are basic router which is not WDS enabled. WDS routers can be act as a router or access point or repeater.

So you have to lain the cat cable to another router by extending the telephone cable it will not work becasue PPPOE only accept one login to at a time so multi login per account is not possible with two router per connection and per line.
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bhvm

Hello all,
Thanks for the replies, those links were useful.
Its sad to see a regular router cannot be used as a repeater.

My Router has a wireless "Bridge Mode" and "access point mode" can any of you experts help me understand it? Is that what we need?

Thanks for your time.

birender

Bridge mode is for to transmit the data between two or more networks and access point is to provide access to wifi enabled devices like laptops or wifi phones but in both cases cat wired is needed. there is not solutions to your problem with basic router.

bhvm

Hmmm....
If i run a CAT5 LAN cable from my Broadband WIF router to this new Wifi Modem then?
Will both the modems provide Internet over WIFI?

birender

Put first routers in DHCP mode.

bhvm

Thanks,

Feels like I need to get my hands dirty and try some stuff out.

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