Can I do this? Wireless repeater?

I am thinking of getting a Lynksis 310 or 610 wireless router and want to use it to connect as a repeater to my old 2003 Airport Extreme.

My purpose is to update from the 802.11a/b/g protocol to "n" with the Lynksis and connect wirelessly to my newer Macs that utilize the "n" with it's increased speed while allowing the Desktop (not wireless) to connect thru the old Airport ethernets port.

If this won't work then I will have to purchase a wireless card for the G5 tower.
So, can this be done?
Thanks

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I'm not sure whether your old Extreme is not stopping your upgrade plans to the Linksys speed.
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How would the Linksys and Airport units communicate? Why do you need both? The Linksys router also has ethernet ports.

If you intend to connect the Linksys and Airport wirelessly it's pointless since the speed between them will only be as fast as what the Airport will do (g). If you intent to use a wire between them I don't see what you need the Airport for.

If you want to extend your wireless network it probably wont work. I tried it and gave up (Airport and Linksys). You can google it and you will find loads of troubleshooting tips and hacks but I doubt it will work out of the box and in any case the speed will only be what the weakest link can handle...g.

Greg Eddinger said:

I am thinking of getting a Lynksis 310 or 610 wireless router and want to use it to connect as a repeater to my old 2003 Airport Extreme.

My purpose is to update from the 802.11a/b/g protocol to "n" with the Lynksis and connect wirelessly to my newer Macs that utilize the "n" with it's increased speed while allowing the Desktop (not wireless) to connect thru the old Airport ethernets port.

If this won't work then I will have to purchase a wireless card for the G5 tower.
So, can this be done?
Thanks

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Gregory Eddinger
Those that believe they can, CAN, because they BELIEVE!

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Mikael

they told me that the Apple Airport and LinkSys devices were incompatible.

My findings too after trying several hacks and tricks. If you want to extend your network, buy all Apple components. As always well designed and just works. You can use any number of Airport Express units to extend you network from a single Airport Extreme Base Station. Each Express unit will also have an Audio output (analog) to stream music through and they also serve as print servers.

Robert Peters said:

they told me that the Apple Airport and LinkSys devices were incompatible.

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Mikael

Robert Peters said:

they told me that the Apple Airport and LinkSys devices were incompatible.

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That's corporate speak for "we don't support other manufacturer's products."

Here's how to extend a Linksys WRT54G using an Airport Express:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060609053254368

I'm not sure about using Linksys and Airport wireless routers together. However, even with an all Apple network, the router connected to the Ethernet cable determines the available speed. If that wired router is G then that's the maximum speed that the satelite router will be capable of. If the router connected to the ethernet is N, then a satelite G router is still only capable of G speed. However, if you're eventually planning to use wireless networking of a Bluray player or new TV for Netflix, Blockbuster, and other services, the N speed is an advantage.
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webfrasse said:

How would the Linksys and Airport units communicate?

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Lynksys was to have been the base station which would communicate at higher transfer rates between my business "intel macs".

The old G5 without a wireless card was to connect to the to the ethernet port on the old Airport which of course is slower but it's just my kids computer.

webfrasse said:

Why do you need both?

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To take advantage of the higher transfer rates on new wireless routers and reach a computer that does not have a wireless card.

webfrasse said:

The Linksys router also has ethernet ports.

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Good point, I could move the modem into the room were the G5 is located, connect to the ethernet port, then wirelessly connect everything else thru the Lynksys.
Your info that you tried to do the same is enough for me to abandon the idea.
Thanks for your posts.

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Greg Eddinger said:

Lynksys was to have been the base station which would communicate at higher transfer rates between my business "intel macs".

The old G5 without a wireless card was to connect to the to the ethernet port on the old Airport which of course is slower but it's just my kids computer.

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That will work fine. Get an Airport Express, set it up to join an existing network and bridge it to its Ethernet port, which is connected to the G5's Ethernet port. It's very easy. Or you can get a WiFi dongle for the G5.

gaussian blur said:

Here's how to extend a Linksys WRT54G using an Airport Express:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060609053254368

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Thanks, I'm not married to my idea so if it doesn't work with the new Lynksys router I'll move the modem to the Cardless computer location and connect to thru the ethernet from there. If it does work then I'll have less work to do.
Best of the Holidays to you and your family.
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Greg Eddinger said:

gaussian blur said:

Here's how to extend a Linksys WRT54G using an Airport Express:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060609053254368

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Thanks, I'm not married to my idea so if it doesn't work with the new Lynksys router I'll move the modem to the Cardless computer location and connect to thru the ethernet from there. If it does work then I'll have less work to do.
Best of the Holidays to you and your family.
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Gregory Eddinger
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The tip might work but the speed will be determined by the slowest component...no n speed if you have a g router in the same band. Almost 100% sure about this one;-)

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If you do it as a repeater yes, otherwise I would simply connect the "repeater" through ethernet and use it as stand-alone N-draft and get the higher speed. But this makes for all sorts of trouble in setting it up.

lreid said:

I'm not sure about using Linksys and Airport wireless routers together. However, even with an all Apple network, the router connected to the Ethernet cable determines the available speed. If that wired router is G then that's the maximum speed that the satelite router will be capable of. If the router connected to the ethernet is N, then a satelite G router is still only capable of G speed. However, if you're eventually planning to use wireless networking of a Bluray player or new TV for Netflix, Blockbuster, and other services, the N speed is an advantage.
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