Current inexpensive wi-fi routers that support bridging?

I'm looking for a current update on which ~inexpensive wi-fi
routers support the bridging mode. Looking at google, the Linksys
wap11 router has been popular in the past. Does the current
version of the wap11 still support bridging? Do any of the other
consumer types of routers (D-Link, Netgear, etc.) support a
bridging mode? I'm looking at the possibility of setting up an
inexpensive link to a friend's house. Thanks for any info!

"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> schreef in bericht
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> I'm looking for a current update on which ~inexpensive wi-fi
> routers support the bridging mode. Looking at google, the Linksys
> wap11 router has been popular in the past. Does the current
> version of the wap11 still support bridging? Do any of the other
> consumer types of routers (D-Link, Netgear, etc.) support a
> bridging mode? I'm looking at the possibility of setting up an
> inexpensive link to a friend's house. Thanks for any info!

The Linksys WAP54G will do that, but I'm not sure whether it
qualifies as "inexpensive". The documentation has this note however:

Note: When set to "Wireless Bridge" mode, this device will only communicate
with

another Linksys Access Point(WAP54G, WAP11 v.2.6, WAP11 v.2.2,
WAP11).



Which seems to suggest that the WAP11 AP ought to do the same, right?

Check out the Belkin F5D7230-4. Keep in mind though, that, according
to he manual, bridging with APs from from other manufacturers is not
supported. That doesn't mean it doesn't work. Anyway, take care.


On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:53:06 GMT, shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si
Ballenger) wrote:

>I'm looking for a current update on which ~inexpensive wi-fi
>routers support the bridging mode. Looking at google, the Linksys
>wap11 router has been popular in the past. Does the current
>version of the wap11 still support bridging? Do any of the other
>consumer types of routers (D-Link, Netgear, etc.) support a
>bridging mode? I'm looking at the possibility of setting up an
>inexpensive link to a friend's house. Thanks for any info!

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:53:06 GMT, shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si
Ballenger) wrote:
>I'm looking for a current update on which ~inexpensive wi-fi
>routers support the bridging mode.
I think there are practically no routers that support bridging.

>Looking at google, the Linksys wap11 router has been popular in the past.
WAP11 is an access point. Not a router. Access points sometimes
support bridging mode, I don't think many routers do. I'd like to
hear of any routers that are confirmed to work. I've looked. Maybe a
Cisco model does that, but it's probably $1200.

>Does the current
>version of the wap11 still support bridging? Do any of the other
>consumer types of routers (D-Link, Netgear, etc.) support a
>bridging mode?

The WAP11 needs what amounts to a hack to support that, or so I
understand. The ATMEL SNMP Access Point utility can set the mode to
bridging, the utility is named SNMPV1743.exe. It can also set that
mode on other access points, like the little Belkin F5D6130. I have
one of those and I have confirmed that with the ATMEL utility the
option does appear on the Belkin, I have not tested it for
functionality.

The Dlink DWL models support that mode officially, with no hacked
firmware or utility. DWL900, DWL2000, etc. Access points, not
routers. You should be plugging them into a router at your end, they
will be your wan. .

>I'm looking at the possibility of setting up an
>inexpensive link to a friend's house. Thanks for any info!

That is what I bought the DWL2000AP for. I just got it, haven't tested
it yet. When I do I will post back and report. That does have a
removable RP-SMA antenna, I have ordered a 6' pigtail, and I am making
a couple of different antennas to try. Fun.

I am using Linksys WAP11 to the job. It works great!!

I went to eBay and found two original ver 1 / ver 1.1 (the ones with the USB
port) that can be hacked and boosted - for about $50 each.

See the following links for boosting Linksys WAP11:

http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack

http://www.andrewhakman.dhs.org/wap11/

"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a current update on which ~inexpensive wi-fi
> routers support the bridging mode. Looking at google, the Linksys
> wap11 router has been popular in the past. Does the current
> version of the wap11 still support bridging? Do any of the other
> consumer types of routers (D-Link, Netgear, etc.) support a
> bridging mode? I'm looking at the possibility of setting up an
> inexpensive link to a friend's house. Thanks for any info!