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Old Configuration:
- A 2 Wire 2701HG-B DSL MODEM/Router Upstairs
- Wired into 2 PCs upstairs
- WiFi to a PC Downstairs.
I killed the DSL service and got U-verse, but that added a new Modem/WiFi downstairs. I still have the 2Wire upstairs, but it has no phone connection.
Question:
Can I use the 2Wire to "Receive" and "distribute" the WiFi signal from downstairs?
I don't see how to turn off the DSL MODEM. If I put in the ID and Password for the WiFi router downstairs into the 2Wire upstairs, will it "Login" or will it conflict? Are there special settings for the PCs to access the U-Verse router through the 2Wire?
Basically, I want to know if the upstairs 2Wire can receive the U-verse signal and convert it to wired signal for the 2 upstairs PCs.
What are you trying to accomplish exactly? Are you trying to use the 2Wire as a bridge to bridge wired clients to the new wireless network? Or are you trying to use it as a repeater to extend the wireless range? Or what? – David Schwartz – 2012-03-04T03:51:42.793
I want the 2 PCs upstairs to "share" the 2Wire somehow and communicate with the new WiFi Router downstairs. I want to avoid buying 2 USB WiFi adapters, and I'm hoping the radio in the 2Wire wold be superior.... I think that means I want to use it as a bridge, but I don't know the terminology well enough to say. – Robert Farley – 2012-03-04T05:09:33.507
The terminology is a little bit funky for non-professionals when it comes to what you want to do, but yes I think you're looking for the word bridge. Wireless to wired bridge. I edited the question a bit and clarified it into layman's terms. – Raystafarian – 2012-03-04T13:34:40.763