Networking Question on WAPs

[skymac]

Here is my setup: Up stairs, 2 second floor we have a pos* netgear wireless router, then the basement has a office and a workshop area, Cat 5 runs down to the basement office from the router and goes into a 8-way linksys switch, instead of running cat 5 to two different pc in the workshop area, can I get something to throw a wireless signal from the switch or can i plug a router into the switch... I just want internet on the 2 stranded computers, file sharing doesnt have to be accomplished.

[YeOldeStonecat]

If the signal from the Netgear router doesn't make it..you can get Netgears range extender, try a newer MIMO router that has a stronger signal (replacing your current one), or get an access point and add another wireless LAN.

[skymac]

Can I put the Access Point on the switch, IE run a cat 5 from the switch to the AP???

[YeOldeStonecat]

Can I put the Access Point on the switch, IE run a cat 5 from the switch to the AP???

You sure can. :nod: You'll just want to run whatever setup wizard it has...so that its IP address falls within range of the IPs that your primary router hands out.

Example..if you have a router that runs a 192.168.0.XXX network...and you purchase Linksys access point..the Linksys AP will come out of the box as 192.168.1.245...you'll want to change that to 192.168.0.245.