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tritium · 02-19-2004, 02:58 PM

Is there a way to configure a wireless router to act as only a bridge? I need to take 4 xbaseT devices and connect them to the router, which would the communicate with my main base-station router for access to the Internet and DHCP. All of the "wireless bridges" I've found have only 1 ethernet jack and cost more than another router.

tritium · 02-19-2004, 05:04 PM

JohnnyRoyale · 02-19-2004, 05:59 PM

I think what your looking for is a wireless repeater. There's a couple around, Intel and 3Com make them, you can do WLAP AP to AP. That won't be cheap, but it's possible.

As an alternative, have you thought about using two routers, wired together? You could daisy chain one router off the other, and the secondary would forward to the first for all traffic?

JohnnyRoyale · 02-19-2004, 06:06 PM

oops, kinda realized I just restated your question....what I MEANT to say was you could turn on the DHCP on the primary and secondary, make sure the ranges don't overlap, so the secondary hands out IP's on the wireless. Then, setup the secondary routers WAN port as a static IP (linksys example, I just checked) that the IP's in the same subnet as the primary's DHCP range, but not part of the range.

So the Primary's DHCP would be 10.10.10.0 to 10.10.10.250
(note, that's NOT to 255!)
Set the WAN with static IP to 10.10.10.251, that's inside the range, but not in the DHCP scope, on the secondary router.

That should have the secondary router forward to the primary and act as a wireless AP.

tritium · 02-19-2004, 09:06 PM

I'm confused.

JohnnyRoyale · 02-20-2004, 06:24 AM

Ok, let's back up a bit & get the idea fleshed out:

You've got a router of some kind attached to your ISP (cable, DSL, whatever). You also have (or want) a wireless router to attach to the first router, so you can run the wireless router somewhere else (in the house, building), and have the wireless act as an access point, then forward all traffic to the router connected to the ISP.

Is this what you're looking for?

02-19-2004, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	Expanding wireless network Is there a way to configure a wireless router to act as only a bridge? I need to take 4 xbaseT devices and connect them to the router, which would the communicate with my main base-station router for access to the Internet and DHCP. All of the "wireless bridges" I've found have only 1 ethernet jack and cost more than another router. __________________ Blah.

02-19-2004, 05:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	bump __________________ Blah.

02-19-2004, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
JohnnyRoyale Psycho Location: Boston, MAss., USA	I think what your looking for is a wireless repeater. There's a couple around, Intel and 3Com make them, you can do WLAP AP to AP. That won't be cheap, but it's possible. As an alternative, have you thought about using two routers, wired together? You could daisy chain one router off the other, and the secondary would forward to the first for all traffic? __________________ I'm gonna be rich and famous, as soon I invent a device that lets you stab people in the face over the internet.

02-19-2004, 06:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
JohnnyRoyale Psycho Location: Boston, MAss., USA	oops, kinda realized I just restated your question....what I MEANT to say was you could turn on the DHCP on the primary and secondary, make sure the ranges don't overlap, so the secondary hands out IP's on the wireless. Then, setup the secondary routers WAN port as a static IP (linksys example, I just checked) that the IP's in the same subnet as the primary's DHCP range, but not part of the range. So the Primary's DHCP would be 10.10.10.0 to 10.10.10.250 (note, that's NOT to 255!) Set the WAN with static IP to 10.10.10.251, that's inside the range, but not in the DHCP scope, on the secondary router. That should have the secondary router forward to the primary and act as a wireless AP. __________________ I'm gonna be rich and famous, as soon I invent a device that lets you stab people in the face over the internet.

02-19-2004, 09:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	I'm confused. __________________ Blah.

02-20-2004, 06:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
JohnnyRoyale Psycho Location: Boston, MAss., USA	Ok, let's back up a bit & get the idea fleshed out: You've got a router of some kind attached to your ISP (cable, DSL, whatever). You also have (or want) a wireless router to attach to the first router, so you can run the wireless router somewhere else (in the house, building), and have the wireless act as an access point, then forward all traffic to the router connected to the ISP. Is this what you're looking for? __________________ I'm gonna be rich and famous, as soon I invent a device that lets you stab people in the face over the internet.