From: "Jim Showalter" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2820396 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:26:48 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 209.86.89.70 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of mindspring.com) client-ip=209.86.89.70; envelope-from=jshowalt@mindspring.com; helo=elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net; Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.70]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mf0ux-00077P-IK for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:26:48 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=MpZU9z6YSt5CmDjkSNMTk86hT4fy6cSGYz+fwUWRi4Sp0CRw09GP9pYbSV4Yohia; h=Received:Message-Id:From:To:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version:Subject:Date:References:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [66.245.8.8] (helo=[192.168.1.102]) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Mf0uv-0006bE-HV for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:26:41 -0400 Message-Id: <998DD90D-E047-47D2-A280-18B6C4939897@mindspring.com> To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Is there such a device? Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:26:39 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-ELNK-Trace: 625348996dc6f6ff9c7f779228e2f6aeda0071232e20db4d740c050ff83e0900d801d4cc7a17f688350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.245.8.8 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam-Report: -1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP 0.5 DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE RBL: Envelope sender in abuse.rfc-ignorant.org On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > 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. > Thanks, Lewis. I am hoping for an off-the-shelf solution. After I turned 70 I became less interested in kludging things to make them work. (Ex MVS sysprog who made great use of the CBTMods tape :-) ) I'll take a longer look at Chuck McKinnis' suggestion, but I'll save your suggestion for future reference.