Network Bridging

I am soon to have broadband, I will have an ADSL router to which I
will connect a Wireless Access Point.

This will allow access by three WiFi enabled computers.

One of these WiFi computers is connected to a seperate Wired LAN with
one other computer on the wired circuit.

Can the non WiFi computer on the wired circuit use the WiFi connected
one as a Gateway to access the router and ultimately the Internet.

I appreciate the simple way is probably a WiFi Ethernet Bridge but my
question is as much a learning curve as an option.

Geoff Lane



Geoff Lane

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> I am soon to have broadband, I will have an ADSL router to which I
> will connect a Wireless Access Point.
>
> This will allow access by three WiFi enabled computers.
>
> One of these WiFi computers is connected to a seperate Wired LAN with
> one other computer on the wired circuit.
>
> Can the non WiFi computer on the wired circuit use the WiFi connected
> one as a Gateway to access the router and ultimately the Internet.
>
> I appreciate the simple way is probably a WiFi Ethernet Bridge but my
> question is as much a learning curve as an option.
>
You set up the computer with both the wired and wireless connection up
as a bridge. I do something similar but the other way round, i.e
wireless to wired.


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Conor

Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:55:47 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> I am soon to have broadband, I will have an ADSL router to which I
>> will connect a Wireless Access Point.
>>
>> This will allow access by three WiFi enabled computers.
>>
>> One of these WiFi computers is connected to a seperate Wired LAN with
>> one other computer on the wired circuit.
>>
>> Can the non WiFi computer on the wired circuit use the WiFi connected
>> one as a Gateway to access the router and ultimately the Internet.

>You set up the computer with both the wired and wireless connection up
>as a bridge. I do something similar but the other way round, i.e
>wireless to wired.

Right, I assume the router does NAT so how do the computers working
behind the bridge connect, they would, I think, have to go to the
computer acting as a bridge and then to the Router.

Geoff Lane