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

[Jim Lynch]

On 02/04/2014 10:23 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
> Do any of the machines need to be accessible from the outside?  Because
> it sounds like the solution is a wireless device in STAtion mode
> (client) to connect to the remote router, then use your own wireless
> router as the AP and network manager for the rest of your wired and
> wireless devices.  An Rpi or other small device running NAT would work
> just fine in this configuration and you wouldn't suffer the performance
> penalty of using WDS (Wireless Distribution System) especially if your
> one device doubles up as the STA and AP simultaneously.
>
> I did this very thing at work for a temporary setup until I could get a
> line pulled from the closet.  I had a Meraki mini running OpenWRT.  I
> used its wireless interface in STA mode to connect to the building
> wireless and then plugged its ethernet port into the WAN port of a
> regular Linksys WRT54G running stock firmware.  It was a double NAT
> setup since the Linksys was also running as a NAT device but it worked
> fine, I could perform system updates, browse the web, and I even had
> some port forwards set up so I could remotely access a couple of the
> machines.  From the building's perspective there was only one machine
> (as is the way of NAT).
No need for the outside world to see the systems.  I just need to save 
work on a system that I can also get to from home.  I am running a 
subversion server on my laptop but it's not as convenient.  Having the 
net available for searching and reference is a real plus.

Thanks,
Jim.