setting up wireless router as access point

setting up wireless router as access point
Should I take back my Belkin F5D9230-4 wireless G router and get an access point instead?

Here is what I have now –
Actiontec GT701 DSL router
Belkin F5D9230-4 wireless G Router

Instead of buying the Belkin and hooking that up to my DSL router, would I be better off taking that back and getting an access point instead? If not what should the DHCP setting be for both of the routers? To make things simple what is the best way to go about setting up a small network if that is what I already have (obviously I can already connect to the internet wirelessly, but I am having issues sometimes as far as the internet slowing down even with a great signal) – this may just have something to do with UTorrent…

Do you have cable Internet?

Sometimes those with cable Internet will experience slowdowns that are due to their neighbors using too much Internet. DSL does not generally have this issue (different infrastructure).

Is the Actiontec GT701 DSL a “Router” or just a “Modem” provided by your high speed company??

IF it is just a modem then you still need a router. An “access point” is used only if you want to extend the range of your network farther than the router can broadcast its wireless signal…

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Since there has not been much activity on your question I thought I would go ahead and add more… the setup you typically want is:

1) High Speed internet (HS) comes into home via a cable wire, or a DSL phone jack. That goes into a modem. In some situations the modem from your HS provider is both a modem and a router combined. If NOT a combined modem/router, then you need a router, since the HS modem will often only have a jack for one computer – so the router acts like an aircraft control tower and assists all the little computers flying around the airport to get connected to the Internet.

2) Then your computer gets hard plugged via Ethernet to the router if you want a VERY stable connection, or gets Wirelessly connected (if you want to get to fiddle with the system every now and then). That’s not meant to be sarcasm, wireless connections are almost never as stable as Ethernet cord connections, IMHO.

3) If you have a very large house, then you can get an Access Point. Basically the Access Point will talk to the Router as if it was the computer itself – and let’s say it is 250 feet away. Now you walk even farther away with your computer, say another 250 feet (imagine you have a very long and narrow house!!), and still connect to the Access Point. The Access Point basically acts as a re-broadcaster of your Internet signal.

And yes, torrent downloads will slow down your Internet speed, whether using DSL or Cable Broadband.

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