On Sun January 29 2006 6:59 pm, Claude Jones wrote: > far as I can tell, from > all the info in the manual, and from the support pages on D-Links site, my > particular model Access Point can't be put into "bridge" mode > > > There is hardware to do that - but that doesn't mean that your device is > > capable of it or not capable of it. I simply don't know. > > > > I believe that their DWL-G710 Wireless Range Extender can do what you > > want... > > I've found an ActionTek device that seems to fill the bill - it's designed > as a wireless bridge to connect to wireless Access Points, according to > their spec sheets and promos - got one ordered The ActionTek HWE05490-01 turned out to be the perfect answer. http://tinyurl.com/a63d7 They call it a wireless adapter, but, it's a wireless bridge. It's own IP becomes transparent once configured, and doesn't have to be part of the same subnet as the network it's installed to. That part threw me at first. You configure it by plugging it in to your LAN port, giving your LAN NIC a fixed IP on the same subnet as the factory configured IP of the device (it comes set to 192.168.0.240), and then using a browser to enter the configuration windows. There you can give it the parameters of your wireless LAN (SSID and security settings - you don't have to give it an IP on the same subnet as your LAN), click "apply" and then "connect"; once done with configuration, I just set my NIC to get it's address through DHCP, and I was connected. This solution is nice because it requires no drivers and tinkering with Linux - once configured, the device acts like a wireless hub and is itself invisible to your computer. Once configured, it just comes up working in Windows, as well. Ironically, I was working on an old Win98/Linux dual-boot. I couldn't remember the details of configuring network connections with Win98 at first, and found it easier to configure from Linux --- Thanks for all the suggestions....... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
