can an access point connect through an access point?

[Travis Fraser]

On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 15:12 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote:
> 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.
> 
That is for the "G" model. I was referencing the "GS" model

http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=DD-WRT_Docu_%28EN%
29#Supported_Devices

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Travis Fraser <travis at snowpatch.net>