[ale] Using wireless between networks

[Dow Hurst]

Michael,
You can use the Linksys WRT54GS units to do a WDS network which is one 
way of doing what you want to do.  I have flashed both routers I am 
using with the Sveasoft firmware and followed the directions on the 
forums to setup a WDS network.  There are probably better ways to do it 
but that is what I did.  Wifi routers won't setup the wireless network 
automatically.  You can to specify how the routers talk in wifi language 
to make it work right.  If your bridging wired networks then you can do 
P2P, point to point.  If you need to have wifi clients, like notebooks 
or laptops, attach to the wifi network then you need one router to act 
as an access point.  I don't know the lingo to layout what you need.  I 
am sure others here can do it without having to look all this lingo up. :)

Normally a wifi router and a wifi access point from the same 
manufacturer like Linksys will have directions on how to do what you 
want.  I used orginally the Linksys firmware on a Linksys WRT54GS router 
and a Linksys WAP11 to setup just what your talking about.  It wasn't 
alot of trouble, just tried several combinations of wifi modes until it 
worked.  Very little security in this so be warned about using none or 
WEP.  Those insecure modes are about equivalent. ;)  I'm not using the 
WAP11 as it seems to have died.  I have about 5 of the WRT54GS units for 
use as backup firewalls.  I'm still learning how to make use of them 
properly.  Very powerful once you get the setup done correctly and learn 
how to use them properly.
Dow


Michael Hirsch wrote:

>My ouse has a wireless router (netgear 802.11g) in one room, but it
>doesn't reach every where.  A lot of the rest of the house is wire for
>ethernet, but not the room with the router (which is where the cable
>modem comes in).  I'd like to Have another wireless box in anonther
>room which would bridge between the wired netwrok in the rest of the
>house and the netgear router.
>
>How do I do this--this must be a standard thing?  Is this something
>that all wireless routers do automatically?  What feature do I have to
>look for?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael
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