Hey guys, I know this has been answered before here and there around the forums, but a lot of the posts are much older and I'm having trouble locating exactly what to do...
i have two of the same model G300N routers. One of them is hooked up to my cable modem. I have another one that I want to use as a WDS station or wireless repeater. My first questoin is what is the difference between the two terms? i see them used a lot and it's hard to tell what the difference is.
How would I go about doing this? I am using WPA2 as security. What i've tried so far is setting up the first router as WDS AP. Then I plugged in the second router into my PC (via LAN), and set up that router as a WDS Station with the same info as the access point. Is this the right thing to do? After resetting the second router, I had an internet connection using the second router to the PC via LAN (nothing hooked up to the WAN) so i know they are communicating. I want to know a way to verify if its working as a wireless extender. maybe a way to ping each individual router? and what is a good way to test if it is actually repeating the wireless signal? I know im asking a lot, but it would really help. Thanks!