can an access point connect through an access point?

[Neil Cherry]

Travis Fraser wrote:
> 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.

Not if it's the version 5. V5 has half the memory and half the
ram. Linux won't fit. V1-V4 will and the WRT54GL is equiv. to a V4.

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