On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 15:12 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote: > Travis Fraser wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 12:30 -0500, Karen Spearel wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 11:28 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > >>> On Sun January 29 2006 11:14 am, Neil Cherry wrote: > >>>> Most store bought AP don't support this setup. You can purchase > >>>> a Wireless bridge to connect network B through the AP to everything > >>>> else. The WRT54 family with OpenWRT, HyperWRT or the other 3rd > >>>> party software can do this. You would keep one D-Link as an AP > >>>> and get a WRT54GL (if you're buying new), setup the OpenWRT software > >>>> as a client and connect to the D-Link. See this: > >>>> > >>>> http://wiki.openwrt.org/ClientModeHowto > >>> Thanks. That does look like exactly what I''m trying to do. I actually have a > >>> WRT54G here. But, it's configured to just be plugged in and work, in the > >>> event that my FC4 box goes down, or if I need to perform hardware/software > >>> upgrades on the box. With an FC5 install looming in a couple of months, I > >>> don't think I want to reassign this router to this immediate need. I guess I > >>> need to just bite the bullet and get a wireless NIC for that other machine > >>> that will work with Linux as well as Windows... Unless someone else has a > >>> better idea. > >>> -- > >>> Claude Jones > >>> Bluemont, VA, USA > >>> > >> I understand that the latest version of the Linksys WRT54s no longer use > >> Linux internally ***unless*** you get the special 'L' version...I doubt > >> that your local big box store will stock that one. This may make > >> reflashing to use OpenWRT problematic. Caveat emptor. > >> > > The WRT54GS will work with open firmware according to the openwrt site. > > Not if it's the version 5. V5 has half the memory and half the > ram. Linux won't fit. V1-V4 will and the WRT54GL is equiv. to a V4. > That is for the "G" model. I was referencing the "GS" model http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=DD-WRT_Docu_%28EN% 29#Supported_Devices -- Travis Fraser <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
