Hi all, here's a rather complex question, I hope I can explain it properly. I am wondering whether I can use my SB3 as a wireless bridge in the following way.
The DSL socket is in my living room right next to my SB3, but all the other computing stuff is in the far end of the flat. Dumb. So currently, I have a cat5 cable snaking through my living room where it can be torn by pets, babies, roombas, ... not ideal (and ugly). In other words, the LAN travels right past the SB in a cable, and then back again without one. It would be much neater if the SB could sit on the DSL socket and bridge to the router wirelessly. The thing is: I have no idea how this bridging stuff works (or, for that matter, whether my router (a WRTG54GL running DD-WRT) can use the wireless adapter for its WAN side, and where that would leave my SB-to-Slimserver connection). The main thing for me is security: how do I ensure the SB3 will only talk to me and not the neighbours? Secondarily, of course I worry that the SB, being on the WAN side of the router, would no longer be able to access the server; and that the routers WLAN, being used for WAN, can no longer serve a LAN WLAN to my LAN clients (this latter point I of course should be asking in the DD-WRT forum, and is mentioned here chiefly for completeness). Does anyone have applicable experience? Am I being an unrealistical optimist (as I must admit I do suspect)? -- KlaymenDK - 010\001\111 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KlaymenDK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4538 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29428 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
