Linksys Cable / Dsl :: Wag160n Extending Wifi Network
Feb 9, 2011
I replaced my old separate modem and router yesterday for a Linksys WAG160N. Basically , my next door neighbor is paying their ISP a fortune and hardly uses their internet at all. Ive offered for them to share mine (With both of us providing full consent , i'm not doing anything dodgy!) as i have a very big download quota and it would save them some money.
Now the 2 houses are separated by an alley but distance from the router to their computer is about 6m. Strangely , my WAG160N doesn't reach that far as my wireless network doesn't even appear when they in their house on their laptop!So after reading up on wireless bridges / wireless range extenders and all sorts of things i'm now very confused.
Im basically looking for the most cost effective way of extending the signal from my WAG160N , possibly through the use of a second router in my garage) to allow the neighbor to get a good signal. I cannot reposition my modem/router from its current location and also cannot connect a second router using an Ethernet cable , it must be done wireless. So , is there a way i can wireless connect my WAG160N to another wireless router in order to extend my signal for my neighbor to use? I was looking at the Netgear WN2000RPT and the WRT160N as someone else had previous success with using this as a repeater.
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Apr 20, 2011
I cannot connect my HTC Mozrt via wifi on WAG160N, all other devices work. I am using Firmware Version:V1.00.16.
My router settings in brief: Security Used : WPA 2mixed Radio Band : Standard Wide Chanel: 11 Standard Channel: 7 (2.442 ghz) All Advanced wireless settings page set to Auto ( apart from CTS Protection)
HTC have advised me that the phones channels are between 7-11 , i have tried those channels and i still get router connection unsucessfull, even with no protection on the wifi.
I have a feeling i have to set a IP to the device , but with the HTC Mozart I cannot do this. IOs there a way i can connect a device to the router with Auto IP adress? i have tried everything! from firmware updrades.. resetting it .. different channels..
I have my ipod touch and HTC Hero connected to the wrouter so inkow there isnt anything wrong with the router, even if it is years old!
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Mar 5, 2012
after few years without problem with wifi connection at my home, four month ago began wifi lost connection.
4 iphone with assigned ip address;
3 Portable PC (2 with dhcp and N band, 1 with assigned ip with G band)
Router is not too far from wifi equipment
the wifi is protected with WPA-PSK
Often during day, on pc and iphone we have lost connection, we can see in settting the SSID of my wifi lan, but if we try to connect recive message:Unable to connect to casa(casa is my ssid), on router the wifi led is green fix (not blinking) and only after a few minutes or many try wifi return aviable (for all equipments at the same time and the wifi led blinking)If I want quick connection, without attempt, i simply power off router and after power on, the wifi connection begin aviable!
1. changed SSID, very different from other SSID of my neighbors;
2. changed class of ip address (from 192.168.x.x. to 10.16.x.x);
3. wifi with no protection;
4. tried with & without mac address filter;
5. tried with only 1 wifi connection.
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Mar 28, 2012
For a few weeks now, my router has been dropping WiFi connections, seemingly at random. When trying to watch BBC iPlayer is terrible, as it keeps dropping every 5 minutes.
Tonight my iPod Touch (iOS5) was connecting okay, while my son's iPod Touches (iOS3 and iOS4) would not. My MacBook Pro would not connect either.
The only to get things working again, is to turn the router off for a few minutes and turn it on again.
I have router wireless settings as follows:
Network Mode: mixed
Radio Band: Wide - 40MHz channel
Wide Channel: 9
Standard Channel: 7 - 2.442GHz
SSID: Disabled
Router Firmware Version:V2.00.20
My wired connection is running well:
Speed DownSpeed Up
15734.10 Kbps ( 15.4 Mbps )1012.05 Kbps ( 1 Mbps )
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Nov 2, 2010
Ive bought recently WAG160n and Ive watched that I have problem with slow speed of WiFi. On LAN cable its ok. Internet provider gives my up 20Mb/sec. download and up to 1Mb/ses. upload. Ive visited
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I add, that my previous router: WAG200G on this same line gives me 14-16 Mb/sec. download on WiFi. Why upload speed is ok, but download not?
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Dec 30, 2011
I have a home network of 2 desktop PCs. One runs Windows 7 64bit, the other WinXP with SP3. Both have all current updates applied.Both are wirelessly connected via a Cisco-Linksys WAG160N wireless router with Firmware Version:V1.00.16.When the two machines are in contact, file and printer sharing works fine and they appear on the Win7 network map.However, they regularly lose contact with each other BUT they both remain able to access the Internet via the WAG160N and appear in its ARP/RARP table.
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Mar 25, 2011
I can find the network OK but whenever I put in the password it just refreshes and tells me I need a password. My son has just got the applemac for his communication studies and neither of us are very bright with computers let alone apple. They are completely different.
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Apr 11, 2011
I bought a WAG160N ADSL2+, I configured it and all the computers can connect to it with wireless. But the problem is sometimes the connection between the wireless adapter and the router will disconnect and I'm not able to connect again (the computer screen in de bottom right corner has a red cross in front of it if you know what I mean). It can take hours before it will be able to connect again. The only way to have the connection back up is to turn off/on the WAG160N. This happens mostly on my machine (windows XP Dlink Dwa-131 adapter and with the adapter that came with the WAG160N) and afterwards on the other machines. Its like the router doesn't want me to connect anymore.
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Jul 15, 2012
I have a old Cisco/linksys router that I want to do a complicated setup with.Heres my current situation.I currently have my computer and laptop linked into my home network over wireless as running a cable to the hub gets in the way of other door ways, But when playing networked games i run the cable as its only for a short time and people can cope with that,However I have recently gotten into minecraft server hosting, and I have previously just Run two cables to the main hub so I can host the server on my desktop and play on my laptop.So here is where is gets complicated.I found my old router and set it up as a central hub for my room, with the laptop and desktop going into that, then one cable going to the hub,However, I am spending alot of time messing around on the server and would like some way for me to connect to the server from my laptop without having to go though the central hub, just using this sub router. But I still want my IP to stay the same when i reconnect to the main network so when my brother and other friends want to play I can connect to the main network and host over that without having to change my server settings for the new IP.
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Dec 6, 2012
I am trying to extend the wireless network at our church beyond a firewall to another area of the builing. We have a cat 5 cable run through the firewall to the other side. I have a brand new Linksys E2500 router. Can I assign an IP to this router and connect it's WAN "Internet" port to one of the ports on the main router that is connected to the cable modem and use it to extend our network?
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Feb 24, 2012
I have a WAG160N wireless gateway . Yesterday when i tried to power it on after a couple of seconds the power led was solid green and the Ethernet leds were blinking with no Ethernet cable attached to the router . The ethernet leds would keep blinking for minutes . I tried to use a screwdriver to do a hardware reset ( with power on ) and i noticed that the power led would start blinking green/red for minutes . I tried to use another wired router which i have for backup and it could connect to the internet normally without a problem.
What the green / red blinking power led means ( power led is green and then changes to red and then it starts over ) ?
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Sep 9, 2012
have a netgear dg834gt and an asus dsl-g31. i can connect either to my internet connection as a wireless router.i have an xbox 360 (upstairs) with only an ethernet conection.id like to connect the xbox 360 to one of the routers via ethernet then the router to connect via wifi to the main router to the internet (downstairs)its a long way with no direct route for a cable but a good wifi signalis this possible?i understood i needed to create a bridge?here are a setting option in the asus for a bridge but im lost on set up.
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May 8, 2012
have a home network setup that works completely fine everywhere in the house except one room. That room happens to be my son's room that has his Xbox 360 in it. He wants to play online but I cant get a signal back in there and if I do it is extremely weak. I have a linksys E2500 router connected to my cable modem that is wired ot one computer and then my 2 laptops connect to the wireless from that router. The Playstation 3 that is about 15 feet away works fine as well. All our ipods and iPhones work well too. It is only his bedroom where we run into trouble with any of these devices. I actually just upgraded to the E2500 about 2 months ago, so I have a Motorola WR850G sitting around. Can I use this closer to his room to lengthen my signal or how can I proceed to get him a better signal
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Jul 25, 2012
As my original Innbox V50U modem/router does not have a strong enough wifi signal I had to add in an additional wifi router - I used a Cisco Linksys E4200.The problem is that if I connect my laptop to the cisco router I can see the Innbox router but not vice versa. There is an additional problem as I have a wireless printer that is connected to the Cisco router. If I connect to the Innbox router I cannot use this printer as I cannot see its IP address.I read somewhere it might be down to the subnet mask. both are set to 255.255.255.0Apologies if this is n00b stuff but I have not had this problem before, I just naturally though the two networks would be able to talk to each-other.
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Jun 29, 2012
I have a Linksys WAG320N wireless N router which provides wireless coverage to only a part of my apartment. I'm trying to extend the wireless coverage by using an Apple Airport Express (1st Gen). The only way this would make sense would be to extend wirelessly.
1) is this technically possible? I had assumed so when buying the Airport Express
2) Do I have to change some settings inside my WAG320N to make it "Extensible" ?
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Feb 8, 2013
Sending WiFi signal about 1/4 mile from my home to where my daughter lives so she can use her Samsung Galaxy2 Tablet on WiFi.There are homes, condos and trees in between us, so it is not a clear path.So far this is what I have done.I am using a modem and a Netgear WNR834B Wireless N Router.I connected a Hawkins Laptop Extender (HWREN Wireless 150N Mini Extender * single antenna outlet) into the router and connected a WiFi cable from the Hawkins to my tower outside above my roof and have attached a 10 dbi gain Trendnet antenna (omnidirectional) to the cable.But still the WiFi signal doesn't seem to be very strong at all when I test with my phone.And obviously, my daughters tablet does not see my router when she has her tablet search for WiFi.I also tried a 14dbi WIfi ASUS directional antenna and basically came up with the same outcome... she could not see the WiFi signal..My daughter lives in a condo and is not capable or allowed to install any outside antenna system whatsoever.
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Feb 22, 2012
We have the Cisco WRT54G wifi router in many offices in this building. This router has two antennas. These antenna are screw into the back of the router unit. The antenna is male and router side is female of the connector. what are these connectors (some type of RF connectors)? How can we get extension cables for these to move the antenna from one fix location to another point?
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Mar 30, 2009
Is it possible to "tweak" the SNR on the WAG160n?
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Dec 20, 2011
I've just been sent a new ADSL modem router by my new broadband supplier and plan on using it. However, my question is, can use my old wag160n to replace one of these, which im currently using to connect an old xbox to my wireless network, but also make use of the other lan ports on the wag (i.e. Connect more than one non wireless device to the wag and gain access to my wifi network?)
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Jan 21, 2013
I've a 20Mbit/s connection with Telecom Italia provider.My line values follows:-- DSL Information ---DSL Driver Version: AnnexA version - A2pB023k.d21dDSL VPI/VCI: 8/35DSL Status: ShowtimeDSL Mode: ADSL2+DSL Channel:DSL Upstream Rate: 979 KbpsDSL Downstream Rate: 22105 Kbps Down upDSL Noise Margin: 12.0 dB 13.4 dBDSL Attenuation: 10.5 dB 4.3 dBDSL Transmit Power: 14.0 dBm 12.4 dBm?I have issues about connection stability : on HEAVY load download the PPP connection goes down. The sync signal stays up, but the PPP goes down!
In the log these lines corresponds:
Sun, 2013-01-20 23:29:29 - No response to 3 echo-requests
Sun, 2013-01-20 23:29:29 - Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Sun, 2013-01-20 23:29:29 - Enter: tdb_store.
Sun, 2013-01-20 23:29:29 - tdb_store: calling tdb_update.
Sun, 2013-01-20 23:29:29 - Enter: tdb_update.
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My ISP says that there are no troubles with the line and it can be an issue of the modem...
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Jan 2, 2012
When I enable the debug with ?todo=debug shall I see more info in the logs ?How to stop the debugging ?How to print the logs ?What is the difference with debug and ppp_debug ?What is the effect of the sendlog command ? I didn't receive any email with a log !
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Nov 20, 2011
When i connect my WAG160N V2 to DSL, i don't get link, but if i tried whit a friend´s modem i get link. I use the same cables and dsl split.
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May 30, 2012
I have an Echolife router, HG532, connected as my main router. It is connected using cable and I use it for wifi too. The signal in other rooms is very weak and I was wondering if it's possible to use a spare router that I have, Echolife HG521, to extend the network coverage?
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Feb 25, 2012
Goal: extend the reach of my WiFi to multiple floors with keeping in the basement the DSL modem - Actiontech M1000 and Actiontech W1000. I have a Linksys Access Point and Linksys Router. I was told by CenturyLink (only allowed support for Actiontech) that the modem would need to be put in bridge mod that would disable the Actiontech W1000. Whereas I want to keep access in the basement and add coverage to upstairs.
being able to config the Linksys(s) or using DD-WRT operating system?
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Aug 16, 2012
Struggling to enable Airplay using a WAG160N. Any settings I need on the router? Looking on forums, came across suggestion to disable WMM support. This seemed to work and i had Airplay but now I've lost it again.
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Aug 30, 2012
I hard reset the router WAG160N and i can't access it on 192.168.1.1, i can connect to the wireless connection but it shows unindentified network, in properties gateway IP is absent. i also get 169.254.1.38 as IPv4.What could have happened to the modem, I can't use it at all at the moment?
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Feb 21, 2011
Two years ago I bought a WAG160N for modem (ADSL) and router functionality. I consider to buy a pure router (E3000 or E4200) to connect to the WAG160N and use that one purely as the modem. How and what should I configure/disable on my WAG160N?
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Mar 7, 2011
WAG160N
S/N: SSH00H406302
MAC: 001D7EB42921
Manufactured 04/2008
I can no longer access the internet, and the internet has been difficult to bring up for one to two weeks.Internet light does not come on. Under Status tab, interface is down, tried refresh and connect but nothing.The IP address can be pinged, 4 packets sent and 4 packets received. Tried resetting defaults and refreshing but no success.Bought this router in September 2008 to replace WAG54G which was constantly turning on and off every few seconds.
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Dec 22, 2008
Why can I not register a WAG160N router with Linksys? Is this because these devices are not sold in the US?
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Jun 16, 2012
Some years ago i have buyed a WAG160N i haven't never used, because once i plug it power, it start to reboot and reboot in a loop...Is there something to do with it or should i put it in the trash ? Firmware using is probably Ver.1.00.15?
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Feb 4, 2011
I have a WAG160 setup to use the one fo the LAN ports as a WAN connection. The issue is every now and again the internet connection drops and it seems it is unable to communicate with the DNS server that is providing the internet connection.
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Jan 25, 2011
Any hardware that can re-boot a DSL router such as the WAG 160N when the router no longer passes traffic ? Today, while the DSL line and the Internet appeared to be working, I could not log in to the router from a LAN machine and I had to power it off and on again by hand.We have a number of surveillance cams on the LAN and this must not happen, that the cams cannot be accessed, in particular if nobody is on site for a few days.Unfortunately, the WAG 160N does not have a daily re-boot option. What can one do except for installing a timer that switches the power to the router off and and on again ?
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Nov 30, 2011
I'v just changed my internet provider. That new one uses Annex b, my wag160n is purposed to annex a. Thats what i'v done. Turn on bridge mode turn off dhcp, set PPPoE with my login and password. And here is my problem. I cant connect by wifi with more then 1 device. I can only connect with my laptop when i'm trying to connect on my xbox it says it cannot get ip adress from router. What shoudl i change ?
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