Router with Wireless WAN

Can someone tell me how I might set up a router's WAN to a
wireless connection?

i.e. I want the pc's on my LAN protected by my router's firewall,
with the router's WAN connected to the wireless signal provided
by my apartment complex. (The owner of the apt complex started
providing this free service to all its residents, and it can't be much
worse than my current dial-up.)

I don't currently have a wireless router, and I was hoping that I
could simply add an Access Point to the WAN side of my router.
If this doesn't work, I would consider other hardware.

Thanks in advanced,

-OMRF

"news-server.wi.rr.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Can someone tell me how I might set up a router's WAN to a
>wireless connection?
>
>i.e. I want the pc's on my LAN protected by my router's firewall,
>with the router's WAN connected to the wireless signal provided
>by my apartment complex. (The owner of the apt complex started
>providing this free service to all its residents, and it can't be much
>worse than my current dial-up.)
>
>I don't currently have a wireless router, and I was hoping that I
>could simply add an Access Point to the WAN side of my router.
>If this doesn't work, I would consider other hardware.

That's exactly how it works. You'll need something along the lines of
a Linksys WAP54G in client mode connected to the WAN port of a WRT54G.
You may have to set up the WAP first and then change the subnet of
your LAN to not conflict with what your complex is handing out.

For instance, you set static IP of 192.168.1.99 on your Ethernet
interface, connect to the WAP at 192.168.1.245, configure it in client
mode, reset your Ethernet interface for DHCP (Automatic IP, Automatic
DNS), then use "ipconfig/all" in a Command Promt window to determine
which range of IPs your complex is handing out.

_IF_ you get something in the range of 192.168.1.xxx above, then
configure your WRT to be in the 192.168.2.xxx subnet, otherwise just
hook it up (maybe with a crossover cable?) to the WAN connector on
your router, hook the PC to the router, and see what happens.

[Don't forget to change the IP address and password of the WAP, so it
won't collide with other folks out there doing the same thing, and so
no-one can get into it and start fiddling with it's setup (and maybe
destroy it) from the WAN side of things.]

What do you make of the following response from a DLINK rep:

> Issues have occurred as WAN port may not pull an
> IP address, if it the WAN port pulls IP address the
> Router will have problems with DNS Entries, and this
> is not recommended setup.

You would need a wirekess bridge like this one

WET54G

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper

It picks up the signal and provides a standard wired Ethernet connection
that is then plugged into any Ethernet equipped device such as a computer,
video game or another router. I do this in my home/business network.

I have my DSL connected to a standard Linksys G router.

I have a computer rebuild area across the room where I work on client
computers. This area has a wireless bridge which is then plugged into the
wan port of a wired router this router supplies the ip addresses to these
computers. In your case you would just use a wireless router.

There are a few configuration you need to make.

Change your wireless router ip address to some thing other than what your
apt building uses. On my setup my wireless is set to 192.168.2.1 and my
wired is set to 192.168.3.1. Change your wireless router's SSID to
something other that the apt building's.

Also set up what ever security you would like on your wireless router.





"news-server.wi.rr.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:vSNFf.48980$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can someone tell me how I might set up a router's WAN to a
> wireless connection?
>
> i.e. I want the pc's on my LAN protected by my router's firewall,
> with the router's WAN connected to the wireless signal provided
> by my apartment complex. (The owner of the apt complex started
> providing this free service to all its residents, and it can't be much
> worse than my current dial-up.)
>
> I don't currently have a wireless router, and I was hoping that I
> could simply add an Access Point to the WAN side of my router.
> If this doesn't work, I would consider other hardware.
>
> Thanks in advanced,
>
> -OMRF
>
>