How do I Configure a Belkin F5D7230 As a Bridge?

Setting up a bridge makes your wireless network twice as large.

Configuring a second Belkin F5D7230 wireless router to work as a bridge for your primary Belkin F5D7230 router effectively doubles the size of your private wireless Internet. A computer, connected to your network, can jump from one router to the next without breaking the Internet connection it has with your network. This allows for seamless downloading or uploading if you move from one router to the next.

Things You'll Need

• Ethernet cable

Instructions

1. Tether your Belkin router to a computer with a Cat5 Ethernet cable. Plug one end of the cable into one of the five LAN ports located on the back of the router. Plug the other end of the cable into the Ethernet port located on the back of a desktop computer or the side of a laptop computer.

2. Open a web browser and enter the default IP address for the Belkin router into the address bar on the browser. The default IP address is 192.168.2.1. Click the "login" hyperlink. The Belkin router does not have a password by default. Click "Submit " to access the user interface of the Belkin router.

3. Click on the "Status" hyperlink and write down the LAN/WLAN MAC address on a piece of paper.

4. Click on the "Wireless Bridge" hyperlink located on the left column under "Wireless." Enable "Wireless bridging" and "Enable ONLY specific Access Points to connect."

5. Enter the LAN/WLAN MAC address into the box labeled "AP1."

6. Disconnect the router from the computer and duplicate steps 1 through 4 with the second router.

References

• Belkin: Setting up a Bridge