From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.23]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 2820871 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:20:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4A917A55.9040407@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:20:21 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090704 MultiZilla/1.8.3.5g SeaMonkey/1.1.17 (PmW) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Is there such a device? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/22/09 11:41 pm, Chuck McKinnis thus wrote : > Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >> 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. > > Where were you when I laid out $100 for the Radio Labs box? > :) > You didn't ask... You know that marketing isn't my strong suit. :-) -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Secure, stable, operating system www.ecomstation.com -------------------------------------------------------------