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Using a router as a wireless USB adapter?

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/using-a-router-as-a-wireless-usb-adapter.174173/

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BhargavJ Original post #1
May 25, 2013 at 4:21 PM
I've got two modems:

D-Link DSL-2730U Wireless N 150 ADSL2 4-Port Router - D-Link: Flipkart.com

and

TP-LINK TD-W8951ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router - TP-LINK: Flipkart.com

The Dlink one is connected with the phone line and is used for using the Internet; the TPLink one is lying idle.

Now I have a laptop and a desktop, and the desktop is lying in another room and does not have any internet connection. To use the Internet on that one, I'd have to buy a wireless USB adapter. If I connect the TPLink modem to the desktop by wire, will it catch the waves from the DLink one connected to the phone line, and that way can I use the Internet on the desktop? What I am saying is, to use the TPLink modem as a wireless USB adapter.

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May 25, 2013 at 5:48 PM
to connect 2 wifi routers/modems over wifi they both must support WDS/wireless bridge function.W8951 supports it but i don't think 2730U does.
How to use the TD-W8961ND Wireless Bridge (WDS) Function with another TD-W8961ND - Welcome to TP-LINK