[ale] What do I need to bridge two networks?

[Jim Lynch]

On 02/03/2014 05:33 PM, Brian Mathis wrote:
> This brings up the question of why do you need to provide a wireless 
> access point to your clients, only to bridge it to the other wireless 
> network?  All the airwaves are the same, so why not go directly to the 
> main WiFi AP?  If there's something preventing you from doing this, 
> there's likely a reason and you should be working with those in 
> control to get the access you need directly on the existing wireless.
OK, the space we are in is donated.  Their generosity is limited. Two 
reasons I don't want to go to the "public" rf space is security and I 
need to know what IP address the devices have received and the easiest 
way is to look at the router DHCP tables. I can't do that on the public 
router.  I suppose I could use nmap.  Also some of the devices are too 
far from the router. The guy controlling the network works for a company 
that is renting space in the same building.  The guy that is donating 
the space owns the building.  From what I can gather the network admin 
isn't happy about letting us on "his" network and the building owner 
doesn't want to upset a paying customer.      We don't have a lot of 
negotiating leverage here. The operation is on a shoestring as is so 
there is no money to get our own line put in.

Jim.