3500L with e3000 as a repeater???

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jeffreydc
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3500L with e3000 as a repeater???

Few questions on setting up this router for increased range:

1.  Can the 3500L be setup as a repeater with the Linksys e3000 as the base unit?

2.  If so, can I then hook the 3500L in another room with an ethernet cable into an Xbox or  bluray player directly rather than wireless?

3.  Would I be better off just ordering another 3500L and using one of them as the base?

jeffreydc
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Wow, I thought this forum

Wow, I thought this forum would be FULL of smart people who could answer this. Guess not:((

Brandon C
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Probably no one with a

Probably no one with a Linksys e3000 that has done it before. ;)
I don't see why it wouldn't work. Using a DD-WRT or a Tomato firmware
This should help you with the setup.

http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/16337/Using-NETGEAR-WGR614L-with-DD-...

The WGR614L and the WNR500L setup pretty much the same way.

jeffreydc
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See I knew this forum had

See I knew this forum had some smart people :-) I actually think I would be better off getting another 3500L and setting it up because last night I switched from the e3000 back to the 3500 and get a much stronger signal!

So If I setup the repeater can i hook it up directly to the xbox and bluray thru ethernet on the repeater modem?

taekwon3dan
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I have tried a similar setup

I have tried a similar setup before with the e3000 (running stock firmware) and a WNR3500V2 running tomato (bridge mode) with a PS3 attached to the latter. It works fine.

There is no reason why the wnr3500L should not work if you are running either tomato or dd-wrt (including Kong's firmware).

jeffreydc
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So is tomato or dd-wrt that

So is tomato or dd-wrt that much better than the stock firmware? Im a little afraid to brick it after reading about it!!!

taekwon3dan
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Don't be afraid. There is

Don't be afraid. There is only a very small chance of bricking if you follow the installation instructions in this forum. Note that you can brick even when you upgrade from Netgear stock to a new Netgear firmware.

I believe the Netgear firmware has a wireless repeating function that you can enable, but I have never tried it myself.

I cannot say which firmware is better than another, because each has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, I believe Tomato's and Kong's dd-wrt media server work stably, whereas Netgear does not even include it. On the other hand, Netgear stock firmware is much faster in terms of WAN/LAN and LAN/WAN throughput. Also, I think the Netgear wireless works much better than either dd-wrt or tomato.

jeffreydc
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Well thanks for that input

Well thanks for that input taek. I will probably just leave the stock firmware on it for now. Its working fine like it is so might as well just leave it alone.