We've just moved and my cable modem is not in my home office, though my desktop, NAS and network printer are. Instead, the cable modem is in the master BR and I have attached a wireless router to that.

How do I go about attaching the balance of the network (wirelessly) to the cable modem? Here is a crude schematic:

Internet (cable modem)
Wireless router

. lappy 1
. lappy 2
.
.

Desktop (Mac G5) attached via gig-e router to
NAS
Network printer

I assume that I will have to use another wireless router in the office and link that to the gig-e router, then somehow get the office wireless router to talk to the bedroom wireless router? Any tips on how to do this?

TIA.

Mike

Adding:

I just want to be able to get online from the desktop, and remotely access the NAS from wherever I happen to be, and to print to the network printer from the lappys.

You need a wireless bridge and a switch. Do you mean you have a gig-e switch?

cable-modem - wireless router in the bedroom.

~~ wireless signal ~~

wireless bridge - switch - wired devices in the office.

Instead of buying a wireless bridge and separate switch, look into DD-WRT and see if you can do this with a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router in the office instead. That will be cheaper than buying a wireless bridge. If 4 ports aren't enough, switches are cheap. I'm pretty sure you can do it with DD-WRT and any of the wireless routers that it runs on.

The other way to do it would be to add two powerline adpaters

switch - powerline adaptor - power outlet in the office

power outlet - powerline adaptor - router - cable modem in the bedroom

Powerline is supposed to be much faster than wireless G, probably better than N.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...X0T0GCVQNTJD65


The other thing to do would be to have the cable company install a cable outlet in the office and just move the router into the office, which is probably where you want the best throughput anyway.

-David

lappy?

Can you physicially run a wire between the two rooms easily? That would be the easiest way and most reliable way if it's an easy run.

I can't really run a wire. I have to do this wirelessly, or as suggested above with a powerline connection.

To answer the question a couple of posts up, I have a gig-e switch.

OK, so the gig-E router is really a switch. I assume that in your former location, the switch plugged into the router, as did the Mac, the NAS, and the network printer - only the two laptops connected wirelessly. Your problem comes about because none of the 3 (Mac, NAS, printer) are wirelessly equipped. An obvious answer is to get a wireless card for the Mac, & wireless print server for the printer. This would work fine if you leave the NAS in the bedroom, connected to the router.

You might take a look at something like this, designed to extend the wireless network. This might work very well. Otherwise, you might need to look at dual-band access points such as this. These will definitely work, but you need two ($250-$300 for both).

Leave the switch in the office connected to the things in the office.

Then add a pair of powerline adapters, one connected to the switch, one connected to the router, or you add one wireless bridge connected to the switch.

I think your best bet is the pair of powerline adapters (see my previous reply for the link.)

-David

Powerline adapters ordered. Thanks, David.

Mike

Laptop.

FWIW, probably too late, but here is a nice high speed powerline kit for just $40 (comes with 2 adapters)

http://www.directron.com/blpa100kta.html

By the time I saw this was OOS. Thanks, though.

I am interested in knowing how this works out. I have heard the powerline adapters were a bit unreliable. Please let us know how it goes.

Reviews on AMZN are mixed but on average positive. I'll post my experience here once I get the network set up (this weekend, I hope). My use shouldn't be all that demanding; most big file transfers will be wired from the NAS to the desktop. I will stream iTunes over the network so that may be a bit of a test.

The current generation Powerline equipment isn't too bad. Good speeds, and little interference. Still rather pricey though...