creating a access point

[abb]

i all, hope someone can offer me some help & advice please,
i have the VM super hub 100mb,but have a few problems not all of
my wireless gear will run on 5ghz & i have a serious dead spot in the
house, so what i would like to do is set up a access point (i think thats what i need)
i have a d-link dir 615 router which i believe can be used as a access point
& two home plugs,i changed the setting in the router to access point,and it greyed out everything else
now in the super hubs section device connection status it says the
dir-615 is connected,i named the ssid the same as the superhub
which i believe is right,
now in the superhub under wireless it says
ssid bla bla
channel 11 2nd channel 7
802.11 mode up to 300mbps
802.11N BAND 2.4ghz (which i need to change)
now the connection does seem stronger where the dead spot is
but how can i be sure it is working ?
and once i change the 2.4ghz to 5ghz will i still be
able to connect with my older gear ?
do i need to set up a guest network ?
sorry about it being long winded just wanted to explain.
so have i done it right or is it all wrong ??? thank you.
abb

[abb]

Originally Posted by abb

i all, hope someone can offer me some help & advice please,
i have the VM super hub 100mb,but have a few problems not all of
my wireless gear will run on 5ghz & i have a serious dead spot in the
house, so what i would like to do is set up a access point (i think thats what i need)
i have a d-link dir 615 router which i believe can be used as a access point
& two home plugs,i changed the setting in the router to access point,and it greyed out everything else
now in the super hubs section device connection status it says the
dir-615 is connected,i named the ssid the same as the superhub
which i believe is right,
now in the superhub under wireless it says
ssid bla bla
channel 11 2nd channel 7
802.11 mode up to 300mbps
802.11N BAND 2.4ghz (which i need to change)
now the connection does seem stronger where the dead spot is
but how can i be sure it is working ?
and once i change the 2.4ghz to 5ghz will i still be
able to connect with my older gear ?
do i need to set up a guest network ?
sorry about it being long winded just wanted to explain.
so have i done it right or is it all wrong ??? thank you.
abb

can anyone help me on this one please???

[Aragorn]

Sounds about right to me.
Download NetStumbler (or similar) as that allows you to see which access points are transmitting. If it is working you should see both transmitters with different MAC addresses on the same SSID.