Encore enrxwi-g AP as a range extender! HELP!

[onyxx469]

Hi "all knowing" tech people! :-)

I am trying to configure an encore ENRXWI-G as a range extender (repeater), ALL I was able to get after many attempts are two (2) WiFI networks of the SAME strength showing up on my loptop !!! What am I doing wrong? I thought I was going to get the SAME WLAN with an improved signal strength!?!?


Here are the details:

DSL MODEM/WL ROUTER:

ENHWI-G3
802.11G Broadband Wireless Router (54 Mbps), with 4-swi

Settings:

IP: 192.168.1.1
Sub M: 255.255.255.0

DHCP: enabled
NAT: enabled

Channel: 6
SSID: xxxxx
Authentication: WPA2-PSK
Key: xxxxx

There is a wired PC conected to this modem/router and it is working OK!

Access Point:

ENRXWI-G
802.11g Wireless LAN Extender

Settings:
IP: 192.168.1.2
SubM: 255.255.255.0

Mode: REPEATER

Channel: 6
SSID: same as router
Authentication: WPA2-PSK
Key: same as router

I am able to see my WLAN when I click on the Site Survey buton (on the AP´s configuration page) and I am able to successfully ping BOTH IP addresses mentioned above after configuration!

Like I said before; ALL I GET ARE TWO WLANs (instead of 1 but I do not know if this wrong or not) , one name xxxxx and the other named xxxxx 2!!!! and they both have the same strength but the whole point is to able to extend the signal so that it may be transmitted further than it is now!!! Am I supposed to see two networks after configuration?

Should I mess around with setting such as Beacon Interval, RTS Threshold, Frag. Threshold or DTIM Interval?

Do any of the setting in the modem/router need to be chaged?


Can anyone contribute a few pointers!

[Alan87i]

What is the IP range of the router. I'm wondering if it's not giving the .1.2 address too the laptop or the wired desktop.
On the routers setup page if this is the case , set the dhcp server to hand out 10 address's or 5 or less if you plan to only have a few devices needing them.
And then set the AP's address too 192.168.1. (any number you like above the range of the routers dhcp server),like 100.
Also make sure the AP's gateway IP is 192.168.1.1 same with dns if it has this option.