Re: Station/Router Mode
"Bruno Lopes F. Cabral" <[email protected]> Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:03:28 -0300
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.wireless.access-point |
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| Organization | Openline Internet Ltda, http://www.openline.com.br |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hello there Keith Tucker wrote: > I know that I can do this with bridging, but I want to leave my WAP11 in > AP mode so that other machines can commect to it within it's range. > I am under the impression that linuxap in Station/Router mode can > connect to an AP as a station (client) and act as sort of a bridge or > router providing connectivity through the eth0 port. if you have a pair of 2450's, you can do what you're trying with WDS (Wireless Distribution System -- it is a way on which APs can talk to each other while in Master mode) if I recall correctly, you cannot bridge the 2450 LAN in client mode to another AP. there was an "arp something" client that would enable you to do so but I didn't test it (google for parprouted and you'll problably find it) hope this helps !3runo