can an access point connect through an access point?

[Neil Cherry]

Claude Jones wrote:
> On Sun January 29 2006 11:14 am, Neil Cherry wrote:
>> Most store bought AP don't support this setup. You can purchase
>> a Wireless bridge to connect network B through the AP to everything
>> else. The WRT54 family with OpenWRT, HyperWRT or the other 3rd
>> party software can do this. You would keep one D-Link as an AP
>> and get a WRT54GL (if you're buying new), setup the OpenWRT software
>> as a client and connect to the D-Link. See this:
>>
>> http://wiki.openwrt.org/ClientModeHowto
> 
> Thanks. That does look like exactly what I''m trying to do. I actually have a 
> WRT54G here. But, it's configured to just be plugged in and work, in the 
> event that my FC4 box goes down, or if I need to perform hardware/software 
> upgrades on the box. With an FC5 install looming in a couple of months, I 
> don't think I want to reassign this router to this immediate need. I guess I 
> need to just bite the bullet and get a wireless NIC for that other machine 
> that will work with Linux as well as Windows... Unless someone else has a 
> better idea. 

If you can get a wireless bridge that would do the same thing. I've
got an old WET11 (802.11B) for just that. Of course the B device
drops my network from G to B.

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