Op do 13-11-2003, om 02:12 schreef BruceG: <snip>
> For the wireless bridge to work, it would need to connect to a WAP (wireless > access point). Since your Server is upstairs, you could do something like > this (assuming your cable or DSL is dropped off with an Ethernet connection, > not USB): > > DSL line in to providers DSL Router/modem (with an Ethernet port, not USB!) > ---> Ethernet port to a wireless router - Linksys BEFW11S4 costs $69.99 > at Amazon.com. Check out the Broadband forums. Linksys forum is here: > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/equip,16 > The router has 2 "connections". An Ethernet port to your DSL > modem > A wireless connection for your home LAN > | > | > V > Linksys WET11 upstairs. $84.88 at Amazon.com > > The WET11 bridge has an Ethernet port for your PC, or connect > it to a hub or switch to serve multiple PCs. > > A couple notes: The Wireless router can serve multiple wireless clients. You > can connect a couple wireless bridges to it, or a wireless bridge and also > support laptops with wireless cards. My WAP54G supports a bridge and a > cardbus card. The wireless stuff I support a church has 2 WET11 bridges > connected, a total of 5 PCs bridged in. It can support additional wireless > clients. > > 802.11B is 10 MBPS. 802.11G can go to 54MBPS. You may be limited by > distance. I figure since my DSL connection is 256Meg or so - 10 Meg is okay > on the LAN side, although it can get slow doing backups over wireless. > > I'm sure D-Link can do the same using the a wireless router downstairs and a > wireless bridge upstairs. If i understand correctly, i could install a wireless router just behind the cable modem, plug in such a wireless bridge in eth0 of my server, and keep the rest of the network like it is namely: eth1 of the server connected to a hub and my pc ( pc1 ) also connected to the hub. This would provide internet access to both the server and pc1. Right? The eth0 would off course not receive a public ip anymore although that would be cool if it could be done. And this wouldn't require me to config anything in linux then? If i want to make sure that all future traffic (laptops or pc not in the same room as the hub) goes via the hub, could i plug in a wireless access point in the hub and redirect all traffic via that access point instead of directly through the router? Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]