[ale] [OT] Need an 802.11G *bridge*

[Brian Whigham]

JK wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I used to use a Linksys WAP-11 802.11b wireless AP
> for my wifi net.  It was just an access-point; that is, it
> was a bridge, not a router.  So my Linux firewall could see
> the wifi clients directly, assign them IP addresses, do
> throttling based on MAC addresses, and (very important to
> me) selectively forward traffic and do SNAT/DNAT between
> the wifi clients and my wired LAN.
>
> I recently bought a Netgear WGT624 802.11g router, mainly to
> get WPA support.  However, it seems only to be able to be
> a NATting router, which means my firewall only sees one
> IP, and I can't do all the stuff I want to do.
>
> So the question is, does anyone know of a widely-available
> 802.11g device that can be used strictly as an access point
> or bridge? (But still supports WPA.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- JK

I used to use the linksys WRT54G until they neutered them.  Now, the 
Buffalo are my routers of choice.  Throw DD-WRT on them and you have an 
access point, router, wireless bridge  or wireless client.  It can do 
OpenVPN and SER VoIP.  And it has the RAM and flash the WRT used to have.

Brian