Router as repeater WPA?

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I setup a repeater router (Netgear) and was told I could only use the WEP security option for wireless. Are there routers out there that can use the WPA security option for repeating function?

Thanks in advance – Mark

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I would have thought a better aerial on your existing router would remove the need to use a repeater.
If you are using the router as a wireless access point for an existing LAN you may have difficulty – I tried doing this last year and had no luck with the wireless unit I was using, it was WEP or nothing.

A quick search turned up this Dlink AP which seems to do the job.

cheers, Paul

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One thing you both omitted was that when using the router as a repeater you cut your speed IN HALF due to it’s having to receive and ‘repeat’ the data.

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Why is the speed cut in half? As long as the repeater is able to repeat faster than your PC can send/receive data then you will see almost no degradation.

cheers, Paul

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