using laptop to extend wifi range.

[johnmalc]

Okay, I'll try to spell out the problem. I get my internet connection from a friend's house, transmitted by a yagi aerial and picked up at my end by a good omnidirectional aerial. This omni attaches to my Allnet ALL0283 USB wifi adapter, with removable aerial, which connects to a USB port on my laptop: result, perfect connection always. What I want to do now is use my spare D-Link DI-524 wireless router to extend the signal further into the house by attaching it to the LAN port of the laptop with a long CAT cable. I can then move this router into the hallway and spread the wifi signal. Seems simple enough, but after 2 days I am banging my head.

Settings-wise, I have given the D-Link router the same SSID and channel as the remote,transmitting ADSL router/modem. I have disabled DHCP on the D-Link and set the IP address outside the DHCP of the transmitting router (192.168.1.253). The D-Link is then broadcasting the SSID throughout the house. However, as soon as I plug in the CAT cable between the D-Link and my laptop, it kills the internet connection. All other PCs can connect to the network, but there is no internet for any, confirmed by lack of ping response. If I unplug the cable my laptop is immediately back online.

You can imagine I have tried a host of different settings, all of which have the same affect. Resetting the D-Link back to defaults also kills the internet when connected to the laptop, so I am guessing there is more I have to do at the laptop end but I am at a loss as to what????

Any ideas as to what I am missing would be appreciated.

[johnwill]

I'll try to spell out our response. Sharing the Internet with your friend is clearly against the ISP terms of service. Please refer to the Tech Support Forum Rules & Conduct, we won't help with such issues here at TSF.