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How do I connect an AP800 to a BT Home Hub using WiFi only?

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03 Apr 2014 14:45 #79546 by brandnewbag
Hi guys

I'm staying at my daughter's house and I want to connect my new AP800 to her existing BT Home Hub.

In the past it's just been a simple matter of connecting an ethernet cable between a Vigor 2850 and the AP800 running in AP mode .

However, it seems that using cabling in their house may be problematic, so I want to find out how I configure the devices to just use wifi.
I guess that there's a good chance someone here has crossed that bridge before! :D

I thought that using the Universal Repeater mode might be the way, but I could not seem to get it configured correctly. Maybe I am using the wrong method?

Can someone give me the 'how to do it' please?

Anne

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03 Apr 2014 16:09 #79548 by sicon
does the home hub even support WDS or repeater.
I know the virgin media ones don't.

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03 Apr 2014 17:55 #79549 by brandnewbag
Hi Sicon,

Yes it supports WPS. WPS is something I've ignored, because (as I understand it) there is slightly lower security..

May I ask why you ask that... does WPS make it easier to link them up?

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07 Apr 2014 16:56 #79581 by sicon
WPS is wireless protected setup and different to WDS Wireless Distribution System
You need WDS

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