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Re: [PLUG] inexpensive wireless bridge (without using a PC)
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George,
If you want to bridge two Ethernet segments together, the only thing I know
that works ( and it's not trivial ) is to use 2 WRT-54G's running in WDS
mode with Sveasoft Alchemy or Talisman-Basic software. ( Or use a
dedicated commercial bridge )
Even Sveasoft's client mode doesn't really work, and they tell you to
use WDS instead for this ( which likely requires Sveasoft running on
both ends, so DLINK is out of the picture. )
WDS-lan mode will pass DHCP requests through to the gateway's
network as well as VPN traffic.
This is all working at http://n99.com/wifi where I feed several
remote building wired LAN's located 1000's of feet away from
the main AP. It could be possible another way, but I got enough
gray hair from just from this getting this published solution working.
Suggestions:
1st try Sveasoft Freya on your WAP, to the existing DLINK.
( If your WAP hardware version is supported, be careful, Freya is
old so it may not support the latest HW versions.)
Lee
the back is hooked directly to a PC. That PC uses DHCP for IP assignment
(although for testing, I can always hardcode the address).
My problem is what do I set as the gateway address for the WAP, I tried leaving it
blank, but it wouldn't allow that. Do I use the 192.168.0.1 (router address),
and the gateway address for the PC, would that be the IP of the WAP? but DHCP
would normally set that, so I'm not sure.
Is it possible for the DHCP request from the PC to sent to the Dlink router
for an IP assignment?
Or should I just give up with this, and shell out for a WEP (which might have
the same problem of not playing nice with a non-linksys).
George
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Lee Marzke
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:19 PM
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
Subject: Re: [PLUG] inexpensive wireless bridge (without using a PC)
So you have a DLINK running as a normal Wireless Access Point
/ Router
with a WAN connection.
And you have a WAP you really want to use "backwords" as a
routed client.
If the WAP doesn't have a config option to run as a Client
instead of an
AP I'm not sure this will work. Plus you have to get the
routing all
correctly
configured. ( Since your wired and Wireless are on different
networks, you
need the client running in router mode - not bridge mode )
You might look into the Sveasoft "Freya" replacement software
for the WAP
to see if they support a routed client mode.
I'm using a WRT-54G AP, with a 2nd WRT-54G running Sveasoft
Talisman-Basic as a client just as you describe above.
In this case even the "client" mode wouldn't quite work, but WDS "LAN"
mode running on both allows the 2nd radio to be a bridged
client. WDS
probably won't work with the DLINK, however.
Sveasoft is now starting to support many of the Linux based
radios from
Linksys, Belkin, Buffalotech, and Asus with the Talisman build.
Lee Marzke
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