[Cialug] Help with a home wireless network

[Tom Pohl]

I haven't seen an ethernet bridge this cheap before, but might be  
just what you're looking for (hooked to a switch, of course)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp? 
EdpNo=1533891

-Tom

On Apr 3, 2006, at 8:32 PM, James Shoemaker wrote:

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> Rob Miller wrote:
>> We just moved to a new house in WDM and all we can get is cable, no
>> DSL.  Also, the basement is unfinished so there's no cable outlets  
>> down
>> there.  So, I bought a Motorola SB900 wireless gateway for the  
>> nearest
>> cable outlet upstairs.  Now, I have three desktop computers that are
>> downstairs and I'd like to have internet access for all three of  
>> them at
>> the same time.  Is there a device that I could use to link the three
>> desktop machines downstairs to the wireless gateway upstairs?  I  
>> have a
>> hub and I don't want to buy a wireless card for each of the desktop
>> machines.  Can I add another wireless router downstairs and have it
>> communicate with the gateway upstairs?  Obviously, I'm a networking
>> newb. so any advice is much appreciated.
>
> 	Yes, you can do a wireless bridge.  There is custom firmware for a
> WRT54 that can do it.
>
> James
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