On Friday 07 October 2005 02:04 pm, MB sparkynine-at-yahoo.com |lugod| wrote: > oooh, thats right!! I'd get a WRT54G and flash the firmware to get > client mode working. This is a VERY powerful router and cheap!!
I have a WRT54G running OpenWRT (openwrt.org) configured as a wireless client bridge. Works great, and not too hard to set up (I'm sure Henry can pull it off). > -Mark > > Henry House wrote: > >I finally have no choice but to get a wireless interface for my home > >workstation. Given the difficulty with changing chipsets and poor driver > >support, I am thinking of a ethernet-to-wireless bridge, which is alleged > > to bridge a one-device ethernet network to an existing wireless network > > with an existing access point, all without any drivers on the PC. Here > > are two products, both by Linksys, that claim to do just that: > > > >http://www.buy.com/prod/Wireless_G_Game_Adapter/q/loc/15625/10351886.html > > > >http://www.buy.com/prod/Wireless_G_Ethernet_Bridge/q/loc/15625/10346525.ht > >ml > > > >The second is about twice the price of the first. > > > >My questions are: > > > >- Am I on the right track going with an ethernet bridge? > > > >- What reasons are there to prefer the more-expensive device? I loathe > > wireless networking and so would prefer to spend as little as possible. > > I am not really interested in special features. > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >vox-tech mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Ryan Castellucci - http://ryanc.org/ GPG Key: http://ryanc.org/files/publickey.asc _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
