8 Dec
2011
8 Dec
'11
9:25 p.m.
On the off chance somebody here has done this:
I have 2 wireless routers, one connects to cable and I have an internet connection. Its a
wifi too.
I want to pick up that wireless signal with another router, locate it in the other part of
the house to connect a wired ethernet device. its as if I want a wireless adapter, but
not having an output that is usb, but a ethernet jack.
Is this possible?
Its to avoid running a long cat 5 cable thru the house.
Randy
8 Dec
8 Dec
9:40 p.m.
Randy,
I believe you are looking for a wireless bridge (e.g. Linksys WET54G or
similar).
Linksys - Wireless-G - 54 Mbps - WEP Connect any Ethernet-equipped
device to a high-speed Wireless-G Network. The versatile Wireless-G
Ethernet Bridge can make any wired Ethernet-equipped device a part of
your wireless network. At home, use the Bridge to connect game consoles,
set-top boxes, or computers to your Wireless-G network and its shared
high-speed Internet connection. In the office, convert your
Ethernet-wired printer, scanner, camera, notebook or desktop into a
wireless networked device. It's completely driver-free, so it works on
any platform and under any operating system! Since there are no drivers
to load, setup is a snap - configure the network settings through your
PC's web
On 12/8/2011 9:25 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
On the off chance somebody here has done this:
I have 2 wireless routers, one connects to cable and I have an internet connection. Its
a wifi too.
I want to pick up that wireless signal with another router, locate it in the other part
of the house to connect a wired ethernet device. its as if I want a wireless adapter, but
not having an output that is usb, but a ethernet jack.
Is this possible?
Its to avoid running a long cat 5 cable thru the house.
Randy
11:54 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
You'll also see them as ~$80 "gaming
adapters" at big-box consumer
electronics
stores.
Yes, but you can find a wireless bridge for $50.
It used to be the case that a gaming adapter would only work for a
single wired ethernet device, and that you couldn't put multiple devices
behind it. There was a (somewhat) legitimate technical reason for this,
as the gaming adapter did not actually work in the same way as a
wireless bridge. I do not know whether that is still true of gaming
adapters sold today.
Eric
8 Dec
8 Dec
9:46 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com> wrote:
Is this possible?
I did that using dd-wrt:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged
Works very nicely.
9:48 p.m.
On 12/8/2011 9:25 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
On the off chance somebody here has done this:
I have 2 wireless routers, one connects to cable and I have an
internet connection. Its a wifi too.
I want to pick up that wireless signal with another router, locate it
in the other part of the house to connect a wired ethernet device.
its as if I want a wireless adapter, but not having an output that is
usb, but a ethernet jack.
Is this possible?
Its to avoid running a long cat 5 cable thru the house.
Randy,
If I understand your question right, yes, it's possible.
You create a wireless bridge connection between the two routers. One
router serves up the DHCP information, performs the nat, etc. The other
router functions basically as a traditional access point, providing
wired -> wireless connectivity.
Go look for "bridge mode" in your user manual. If it's a relatively
full featured consumer product made by a popular company (cisco/linksys,
dlink, etc) then it's probably supported.
Keith
9:48 p.m.
On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
Is this possible?
Its to avoid running a long cat 5 cable thru the house.
Randy
Depends on the router. If it supports "Bridge Mode", it will do
exactly that. It seems less than 20% of the typical consumer wireless
routers support bridge mode these days though.
9:51 p.m.
On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:25 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
On the off chance somebody here has done this:
I have 2 wireless routers, one connects to cable and I have an internet connection. Its
a wifi too.
I want to pick up that wireless signal with another router, locate it in the other part
of the house to connect a wired ethernet device. its as if I want a wireless adapter, but
not having an output that is usb, but a ethernet jack.
Is this possible?
Its to avoid running a long cat 5 cable thru the house.
I do this quite frequently with Apple Airports (one regular base station and one
"Express" which hooks up to an Ethernet switch and the stereo). It works
seamlessly; I configure the Express as extending the network and it puts it in bridge
mode. I've never tried interoperating them with other routers, but I'm given to
understand that DD-WRT has some facilities for using Apple's scheme (it's not
straight WDS, as I understand it, though I've not thoroughly researched it). I've
had bad luck in the past trying to use WDS with generic off-the-shelf routers (none of
which supported DD-WRT, or I would have tried it).
- Dave
10:05 p.m.
Randy Dawson wrote:
I want to pick up that wireless signal with another
router, locate
it in the other part of the house to connect a wired ethernet device.
its as if I want a wireless adapter, but not having an output that is
usb, but a ethernet jack.
What you need is called a "wireless bridge". You can buy a dedicated
wireless bridge, such as the Linksys WET610N or D-Link DAP-1522.
If you have an extra wireless router sitting around, some of them have a
bridge mode. Even if it doesn't, many wireless routers can have their
firmware replaced with open-source firmware, such as OpenWRT or DD-WRT.
These then support bridge mode even if the factory firmware did not. I
personally prefer OpenWRT, but if you don't have Linux experience,
you'll have an easier time with DD-WRT.
I use the Linksys DIR-825 simultaneous dual-band router, running
OpenWRT. However, it is one of the more expensive SOHO wireless routers.
Eric
10:32 p.m.
On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
.......ated wireless bridge, such as the Linksys
WET610N or D-Link
DAP-1522.
I use the Linksys DIR-825 simultaneous dual-band router, running
OpenWRT. However, it is one of the more expensive SOHO wireless
routers.
in my primary house I use a DIR-825 dual band for the main router, and
have three DAP-1522 dual bands in the rest of the house. Odd, mine all
say D-link on them, not linksys ;)
I prefer the dual band, as I can keep all the media (TV, audio, etc.)
on the 5ghz band and keep the data traffic on the 2.4ghz band.
Jay
10:45 p.m.
I wrote:
I use the Linksys DIR-825 simultaneous dual-band
router, running
OpenWRT.
Jay West wrote:
Odd, mine all say D-link on them, not linksys ;)
I guess mine is a collector's item! What a rare misprint! I'll sell it
on eBay for big bucks, it should go for more than a 1955 Double-D
penny! :-)
Oh, wait. Mine says D-Link after all. Once again my plans to become
wealthy beyond my wildest dreams of avarice are foiled.
Eric
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