How To Setup Wireless(I Mean No Wire At All) Multihop?

mar_ning_2000

Hello all,

This is my sutitution: I have two linksys wireless routers(BEFW11S4). One of these two is connected to the internet via a cabel modern(and yes, there is wire there). What I want to do is to have the other wireless router connect to the first one wirelessly, so some computer in the house can connect to the internet via the first router, and some computer can connect to the internet via the second router, which connect to the internet via the first router first.

I know the easier way to do this is to just connect the two routers with a network cabel, but I am looking for a non-wired way of doing so.

Regards
Billy
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golgo13 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 158

What you're looking for is a wireless distribution system (WDS). For me, the Sveasoft firmware was the easiest to install and configure. There's Open WRT and some other's you could try on the Linksys. This should help get you started.
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mgbowman · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 47

What about doing this with a Gentoo server (using a PCI wireless card in Master mode) and a Linksys router (using the DD-WRT firmware)? The firmware is Linux based which makes me want to assume this can be accomplished.
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