Question : Need to connect two Linksys WAP54G together wirelessly

We have a Windows 2003 Domain based setup in our School and from the network switch an enthernet connection is going to Linksys WAP54G (IIBM-AP1) Access Point which allows network connectivity to wi-fi enabled laptops.

Now we need to add one more Linksys WAP54G(IIBM-AP2)  in our setup to extend the coverage of IIBM-AP1 but want to keep the ssid as same and WAP2 password as same.

Tried second WAP54G (IIBM-AP2) to connect to IIBM-AP1 using AP-Client Mode, it could detect the IIBM-AP1 with ssid as 'wifi' and was able to connect to it from IIBM-AP2. The ssid of IIBM-AP2 was automatically reset as 'wifi' which was on IIBM-AP1. The IP address of IIBM-AP2 was also kept on the same lan network 192.168.1.245 (IIBM-AP1) and 192.168.1.246 (IIBM-AP2) and both have gateways as 192.168.1.2 (of our Windows 2003 server).

Laptop was able to detect 'wifi' ssid but its not able to connect to it and keeps saying connection timeout. Kindly note that the Firmware version of both Access Point is the same and the

Please let us know what is wrong and as said earlier we don't want to have a wired connection between these two APs.

Answer : Need to connect two Linksys WAP54G together wirelessly

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