Linksys has a AP that does bridging and repeating. You can also have
up to five VLANS which you can restrict MAC address or use WPA2.
WAP54GP is the model number. They also have a outdoor version and you
can power it via POE (Power Over Ethernet).
Mike Miller
On 12/7/06, Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From a security standpointI'd suggest that bridging your wired/wireless
networks is a bad idea. Much better to isolate the wireless network and
route into the wired only giving access to specific MAC addresses on the
wireless side.
-Mike
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 12:16, Ben Barrett wrote:
> Looks like there are some identified problems with bridging on dd-wrt
> and also the wrt54gl:
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=68
> check out the whole thread... here is a blurb:
> I really do like and use DD-WRT "client bridge" radio
> configurations. I just suggest that anybody using this bridge
> mode have a grasp on potential issues.
> If the remote network behind your remote DD-WRT "client
> bridge" radio is simple, you may not ever encounter a problem.
>
> MAC/UDP and some other protocols are reported to break down.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> On 12/7/06, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Its Greek to me, but I'm cataloging our dialog as a starting
> point for,
> what looks like, a long Winter!
>
> Brian
>
> LinuxRocks! wrote:
> > Dude... wanna get WET?
> > Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WET): Similar to client mode, it
> allows wired
> > computers to connect wirelessly. This mode however allows
> computers to
> > be on the same subnet as the access point.
> >
> > Jamie
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:20:33AM -0800, Brian Gallagher
> wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:20:33 -0800
> >> From: Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
> >> Thanks for getting back, thought I burned everyone's ears
> off
> >> yesterday. Funny you should mention the car, now I will be
> looking to
> >> see if birds are flying by. I talked to my house mate and
> we are going
> >> to start with the antenna, Garl suggested. I will pass
> along the update
> >> info. We may end up at the bridge that, Ben talked about.
> >>
> >> Computing can be an expensive hobby!
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> LinuxRocks! wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 08:06:14AM -0800, Brian Gallagher
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:06:14 -0800
> >>>> From: Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <
> [email protected]>
> >>>> Subject: [Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't think the wired solution, as Bob suggested, is
> going to happen
> >>>> (just my gut feeling.) A wired solution is what I had in
> mind from the
> >>>> beginning (over a year ago.) I say this because (A) I
> didn't want
> >>>> people to think I'm not using my head here and (B)
> liability issues make
> >>>> that solution non-viable. As it turns out the
> wired/wireless solutions
> >>>> are about the same cost when I start to factor in all the
> little parts I
> >>>> would need on top of the cable, with a finger on the
> scale for liability
> >>>> issues. I acknowledge that a wired solution would be
> very simple and
> >>>> secure, but it looks like I have to go out on the limb,
> not down to the
> >>>> ground.
> >>>>
> >>>> As I have said before, here is what I know about
> wireless...not much!
> >>>> So I am looking for some advice about wireless in
> general.
> >>>>
> >>>> Background: this wireless setup worked for most of the
> year, or so, of
> >>>> use. In my gyrations of attempting to learn about
> wireless I have been
> >>>> testing various cards, OS's, computers, and locations, so
> I hadn't
> >>>> noticed why my connectivity was faltering.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Funny thing about wireless networking, theres lots of
> stuff that can
> >>> interfere with it that you simply cannot see. It can be
> working fine,
> >>> then your neighbor buys a new car, parks it in the garage
> (instead of
> >>> the street) and poof, network disapears! you can have a
> great signal,
> >>> then take 2 steps, and have none. You can have a perfect
> signal one day,
> >>> the next its all crazy.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Present: at my preferred location (P) I get a signal
> strength of no more
> >>>> then 25% and at the garage location (G) I get a signal of
> 75%. I have
> >>>> noted that I get dropped from G and my house mate says
> the he has been
> >>>> experiencing drop recently. The router looks very
> similar to the
> >>>> WRT54GL, probably an earlier version. I note that I can
> get on late /
> >>>> early with no problem, with business hours being the
> problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> can you check the router out, on the bottom of it, it will
> says what it
> >>> is (wrt54g/wrt54gs/wrt54gl, and version number) also check
> the first 4
> >>> letters of its serial number, and check that wikipedia
> link to confirm
> >>> what version it is... If you can upgrade the router to
> dd-wrt, or even
> >>> hyperwrt, then you can turn up the xmitter, and that might
> be just
> >>> enough to do what you need w/out buying anything new.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Question: is it reasonable that under normal conditions
> of three users,
> >>>> heavy usage, and good signal I should not be getting
> dropped? That is,
> >>>> can a router of this type handle three simultaneous
> sessions
> >>>> indefinitely? It has been suggested that the router is
> getting "tired"
> >>>> after being on for years. I am going to offer to replace
> the router
> >>>> with the WRT54GL (65.74 @ mwave.com) and I don't want to
> find that the
> >>>> problem is something down the Comcast stream that I can't
> do anything
> >>>> about. Oh, and did I mention that Xbox live is in the
> mix?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> That doesnt sound resonable to me... You should be albe to
> handle dozens
> >>> of users w/out issue.
> >>>
> >>> Jamie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sorry for the long winded email, but my objective is to
> turn another
> >>>> corner in my OSS quest.
> >>>>
> >>>> Brian
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