From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [10.179.172.14]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 2819291 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:06:47 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: SnapperMail 2.3.7.01 by Snapperfish To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Is there such a device? Message-ID: <2619-SnapperMsg4EDDFFFDC6B50338@[10.179.172.14]> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:06:26 -0400 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi, Jim... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:51:40 -0700 "Jim Showalter" wrote: >I have a home network which is a mixture of wired and wireless. I have >one computer which is not wireless capable, ie, needs an ethernet >cable connection, which I want to move to a part of my house which is >within range of my wireless router. I know I could use a wireless >bridge to make that connection. However, further away from that >location I get bad or no wireless connection to my WAP using other >devices (laptop, iPhone). > >Is there a device which will simultaneously act as a wireless bridge >(wired connection) and wireless extender/expander? Basically, a WAP >with ethernet cable connections which connects wirelessly to the main >WAP and accepts wireless connections to pass on as well? > >I hope that is clear, but maybe not. Anyway, any suggestions are >greatly appreciated. > A LinkSys WRT54GL (or another supported wireless router) flashed with DD-WRT firmware can do exactly what you want (wireless repeater & 4-port wired switch). See http://www.dd-wrt.com for more details. ___ Lewis G Rosenthal Rosenthal a Rosenthal, LLC Sent with SnapperMail