http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13388449?hilite=wrt54g+bridging

That forum thread has the settings you will need to change.  Personally, I
would assign it an address in the upper ranges of your private subnet,
rather than 192.168.1.2 like that guy was suggested, but I think it's a
matter of personal preference and has little effect on scalability.  I can
see one bad thing happening though...  Your wireless router goes dead for
some reason (wife/roommate unplugs it...what have you) then you log onto the
network with a wired client and it grabs up the 192.168.1.2 address.  You
realize that your access point is down and turn it back on.  You then have a
conflict.  I would go with 192.168.1.254 in this case ;)

- disable DHCP server
- router IP: 192.168.1.254 (or whatever private subnet you picked out...)
- net.mask: 255.255.255.0

Second,  I wouldn't put too much stock in letterboy's followup answers...he
doesn't seem to be credible and I know he is wrong on a few things.

If there is an option to set the gateway on your linksys, set it to the
address of your current webserver/router.

Brian

Bryan Murdock scribbled on Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:23 AM:

> OK, I'm a networking dummy.  I just got a wireless router (wrt54g,
> used) for home.  I already have my webserver/router linux box set up
> quite nicely, and would rather not disturb it, but I want the laptops
> to be able to have internet wirelessly.  How do I set this up?  
> 
> Currently, I have to NICs on the desktop webserver/router.  One goes
> to the cable modem, the other to a hub.  The laptops have to hook
> into the hub and get DHCP from the desktop and the whole intarweb
> thing works wonderfully.  They also get samba from from the desktop
> to access files.  Now, my inclination is to simply (somehow) replace
> the hub with the wireless router, but vague memories of CS 460 that
> are coming back to me as I look at the configuration options of this
> router are telling that's not quite as straightforward as it sounds. 
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> Bryan
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