I have been a long time (7 years) Dlink user, however for the past couple of years i wanted to extend the wifi range to share my network with the neighbors.

From AP to furthest remote PC is only 25m. I use 7dbi hi gain antenna's, they help a bit but it still wasnt consistent enough. So i purchased a compatible Dlink AP Repeater, the DWL900AP+ but could not get that going.

Dlink replaced that with the DLink 2100AP with the Atheros chip but i still couldnt get it running, even after upgrading all the wifi nic's from the old DWL-520+ to the DWL-G520.

So i thought that maybe its my 4year old Dlink DI-714P+. This unit is rock solid with any direct connection but i could not get a repeater to run off it.

So i replaced it with an Asus WL-500g running DD-WRT v23sp2.

I then thought for a moment that i had the D!2100AP running in bridge mode, but again it was unstable. (for the record i can connect directly to the old 714P+ or new WL500g upto 23m from the AP)

The repeater is located at the back of the house only 18m from the AP with only internal walls to contend with. It is located up high and beside the perimeter brick wall.

The remote PC is no more than 7 meters away positioned in the neighbors house, on the closest wall to our common fence line.

Subsequently, i have just purchased the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 unit that is WDS/repeater compatible. Its also DD-WRT compliant but i havent loaded it, until i am certain that it will work!

But low and behold, i cant get it to successfully repeat the AP signal.

I can see the MAC id using my laptop (Intel a/b/g wireless card) and can also see the AP MAC id. They both share the same channel and SSID, but i cant get a connection to the network from the Repeater!

Its totally frustrating and has become the bane of my existance.

Please help if you can. (I am slightly doubting myself now, as this problem has existed over a full hardware change!)

Thanks in advance.