On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Steven Van Tilburg wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Logan Tygart wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 07:42:10PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>> There is another wireless router in the house; call it "router #1" and
>>>> the new one "router #2". I would like router #2 to connect to the Xbox
>>>> directly (NAT is fine) and to router #1 through wireless. What is that
>>>> mode of operation called -- "bridge"? Any pointers on how I enable it?
>>>
>>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Standard_bridge_large.jpg
>>
>> That's a great diagram, and if I knew enough about both IP networking in
>> general and the WRT54G in particular I could translate it to Adaptec
>> settings. But I don't, and can't.
Arrgh, _Actiontec_.
>> There are guides on the net for setting up the Adaptec as a bridge (no
>> DHCP) to be wired to another router, so we don't have to use the Adaptec's
>> miniscule (1KB) NAT buffer. How would I modify such a guide for my own
>> nefarious^W purpose?
> There are items called Wireless bridges, or Game bridges that have ethernet
> and power connections and connect to 802.11 b/g. I actually used one to
> connect a network printer were it wasn't practical to drop a cable. I
> connected it to my laptop, set it up, then moved it over the printer, hooked
> up the cable and was printing to it right after setting up the driver on the
> PCs.
Surely this router can emulate a less capable device like that. I don't
(yet) know how to make it do so, however.
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