From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [10.158.247.162]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 2820464 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:35:21 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: SnapperMail 2.3.7.01 by Snapperfish To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Is there such a device? Message-ID: <2714-SnapperMsg4EDDFFFDC6B6697A@[10.158.247.162]> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:19:32 -0400 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:26:39 -0700 "Jim Showalter" wrote: >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. > ;-) Just as an FYI, I sell the LinkSys WRT54GL units pre-flashed & ready to install. I even do pre-configurations for some applications. Cheers/2 ___ Lewis G Rosenthal Rosenthal a Rosenthal, LLC Sent with SnapperMail