can an access point connect through an access point?

[Travis Fraser]

On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 12:30 -0500, Karen Spearel wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 11:28 -0500, 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. 
> > -- 
> > Claude Jones
> > Bluemont, VA, USA
> > 
> I understand that the latest version of the Linksys WRT54s no longer use
> Linux internally ***unless*** you get the special 'L' version...I doubt
> that your local big box store will stock that one.  This may make
> reflashing to use OpenWRT problematic. Caveat emptor.
> 
The WRT54GS will work with open firmware according to the openwrt site.
> 
-- 
Travis Fraser <travis at snowpatch.net>