Netgear WNR2000v5 wireless adapter/bridge?

[rice4thewin]

So i just got a wireless pci card but it sucks donkey butt. It loses connection and I can't even connect to the internet half the time. I have an old Netgear WNR2000v5 router and I was wondering if I can somehow use the router as a wireless adapter for my desktop. I know this might be a dumb question but I just want to know if I can or not. My internet router is all the way on the third floor and I'm at the bottom, so pluging an Ethernet cord is out of the picture. 

[owenhar1]

Are you sure it's not just not your connection in general because over 3 floors you wifi may degrade a ton, so that may be your problem and not your wireless card.

[crystal6tak]

Hmm, I believe you can setup a wifi router as a wireless bridge. I suck at networking, so don't ask me for anything specific lol.

 

See if this helps:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/

[rice4thewin]

2 minutes ago, owenhar1 said:

Are you sure it's not just not your connection in general because over 3 floors you wifi may degrade a ton, so that may be your problem and not your wireless card.

No it's the card for sure I use my laptop down here and it's great, fast and reliable. 

[owenhar1]

Just now, rice4thewin said:

No it's the card for sure I use my laptop down here and it's great, fast and reliable. 

Oh ok i was just making sure as sometimes that is the case.

[rice4thewin]

8 minutes ago, crystal6tak said:

Hmm, I believe you can setup a wifi router as a wireless bridge. I suck at networking, so don't ask me for anything specific lol.

 

See if this helps:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/

No it looks like this is only for DD WRT routers, I have a Netgear router

[QueenDemetria]

12 minutes ago, rice4thewin said:

No it looks like this is only for DD WRT routers, I have a Netgear router

DD-WRT  is a 3rd party firmware, on their website they have a list of suppported routers.

[crystal6tak]

22 minutes ago, rice4thewin said:

No it looks like this is only for DD WRT routers, I have a Netgear router

Like QueenDemetria said, DD WRT is a 3rd party fireware. Anyways, I checked. Your router is not supported unfortunately.

 

It seems you can setup the router to be a wireless repeater so it would be:

Primary router --> WNR2000v5  -->  wireless pci card --> PC

 

Or setup the router to be a wireless bridge so it would be:

Primary router --> WNR2000v5 --> PC

 

A few google searches later I can't find any solid information on WNR2000v5 as wireless adapter/bridge. It seems it's totally possible for v2 and v3 as they have DD-WRT support. So unfortunately your v5 router might not have the adapter/bridge function.

 

I think you should rename this thread to "Netgear WNR2000v5 wireless adapter/bridge?" to get more support.