Can the WRTG54L do client-bridge mode?

Can the WRTG54L do client-bridge mode?

This is really pissing me off. I will never buy a router that can't
do client-bridge mode again.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Can the WRTG54L do client-bridge mode?
>
> This is really pissing me off. I will never buy a router that can't
> do client-bridge mode again.

I thought that these in general would only work as an AP or a Bridge,
but not both at the same time ?
I use an small stand alone wireless bridge - Linksys WET11 -
to connect our family room TiVo and Xbox to our WiFi.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Can the WRTG54L do client-bridge mode?
>
> This is really pissing me off. I will never buy a router that can't
> do client-bridge mode again.

Yes it will, if you install DD-WRT on it..
I'm a WRT54G v5 as a game adapter for my brother in client bridge mode.

Adair

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:10:50 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Can the WRTG54L do client-bridge mode?

Yes it can, but not with the stock firmware.
Install DD-WRT:
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Mode_Wireless>
<http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3639271>

>This is really pissing me off. I will never buy a router that can't
>do client-bridge mode again.

Assumption, the mother of all screwups.

Incidentally, a "client mode bridge" only does bridging, not routing.
If you're shopping for a "client mode bride", don't go shopping for a
router.

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> Incidentally, a "client mode bridge" only does bridging, not routing.
> If you're shopping for a "client mode bride", don't go shopping for a
> router.

Would that be a Russian mail order client mode bride? Heh.

You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
router out it's wired LAN ports.

On Mar 30, 8:37 pm, "Bill Kearney" <wkearne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Incidentally, a "client mode bridge" only does bridging, not routing.
> > If you're shopping for a "client mode bride", don't go shopping for a
> > router.
>
> You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
> router out it's wired LAN ports.

You mean if I install DD-WRT on it right?

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:37:52 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Incidentally, a "client mode bridge" only does bridging, not routing.
>> If you're shopping for a "client mode bride", don't go shopping for a
>> router.

>Would that be a Russian mail order client mode bride? Heh.

Sheesh. Leave out one letter and this is what I get. At my age, a
mail order bride is about all I can get.

>You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
>router out it's wired LAN ports.

I think you mean out it's WAN port. The LAN port(s) go to the local
LAN network. You can also do something similar using WDS (wireless
distribution system) which simultaneously acts as a bridge and a
repeater. Although I guess you can use the router section to glue the
local LAN to yet another network, that's not the way it's usually done
(meaning I've never done it that way).

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Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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> On Mar 30, 8:37 pm, "Bill Kearney" <wkearne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > Incidentally, a "client mode bridge" only does bridging, not routing.
>> > If you're shopping for a "client mode bride", don't go shopping for a
>> > router.
>>
>> You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
>> router out it's wired LAN ports.
>
> You mean if I install DD-WRT on it right?

Well, yes, of course.

>>Would that be a Russian mail order client mode bride? Heh.
>
> Sheesh. Leave out one letter and this is what I get. At my age, a
> mail order bride is about all I can get.

Well, someone's gotta be the 'geezer pleaser', right?

>>You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
>>router out it's wired LAN ports.
>
> I think you mean out it's WAN port. The LAN port(s) go to the local
> LAN network.

Now that you mention it, I'm not entirely sure. I just recall doing that on
our boat. Well, I did it for a short while until I added a 2nd router down
below that handles it instead.

> You can also do something similar using WDS (wireless
> distribution system) which simultaneously acts as a bridge and a
> repeater. Although I guess you can use the router section to glue the
> local LAN to yet another network, that's not the way it's usually done
> (meaning I've never done it that way).

Ugh, I despise WDS. Wireless is slow enough and prone to enough
interference without turning it into half-duplex walkie-talkies.

Yes, the port setups under DD-WRT are pretty flexible for routing.

-Bill Kearney

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:20:33 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>>Would that be a Russian mail order client mode bride? Heh.
>>
>> Sheesh. Leave out one letter and this is what I get. At my age, a
>> mail order bride is about all I can get.
>
>Well, someone's gotta be the 'geezer pleaser', right?

More like a crumudgeon. I just turned 60. I become a geezer in about
10 years.
<http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-wolf.html>

>>>You can use a WRT54G as a client to another network AND have it act as a
>>>router out it's wired LAN ports.
>>
>> I think you mean out it's WAN port. The LAN port(s) go to the local
>> LAN network.
>
>Now that you mention it, I'm not entirely sure. I just recall doing that on
>our boat. Well, I did it for a short while until I added a 2nd router down
>below that handles it instead.

Well, never having done it that way, I'm not sure either. I think it
will work, but I'm too lazy to try it.

>> You can also do something similar using WDS (wireless
>> distribution system) which simultaneously acts as a bridge and a
>> repeater. Although I guess you can use the router section to glue the
>> local LAN to yet another network, that's not the way it's usually done
>> (meaning I've never done it that way).
>
>Ugh, I despise WDS. Wireless is slow enough and prone to enough
>interference without turning it into half-duplex walkie-talkies.

Ummm... I hate to be the one to tell you this, but all Wi-Fi is half
duplex. You xmit and receive on the same frequency but not at the
same time. Worse, in any given area, only one wireless device can
transmit at a time. Collisions are always a problem. That's even
without WDS.

However, you don't have to use the repeater feature of WDS. It can
act as a client radio, but only to the WDS routers to which the client
is pre-configured. It's not an ideal situation, but does work.

>Yes, the port setups under DD-WRT are pretty flexible for routing.
>
>-Bill Kearney
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