Just typed up a large post and (of course) Opera crashes. Lost everything. Here it is yet again: My mother wants Internet downstairs so she can use her iPad. Problem is, Internet router is UPstairs.
Wireless networking is quickly becoming the "defacto" standard in home and small business networking. There are more than a few reasons for this, but for the most part it is done because it is cheaper ...
Linksys hardware won't do WDS out of the box. You'll need a 3rd party firmware that supports this. Sveasoft is one of the more popular ones. Google it.