Bridge 2 wirless networks?

MikeHunt79 · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:23

Ok, I've got 2 wireless networks that I need to bridge. What is the best way of doing this?

Could I use an old computer with a linux distro and 2 wifi cards? It should be possible with this setup shouldn't it?

Or what about a computer with 1 wi fi card, and a normal RJ45 cable to a wifi router? I guess it should also be possible with this setup, but i'm not so sure if it would work. I've got a spare linksys wag54g router doing nothing right now.

bitslice · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:30

Creating a Network Bridge in XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/crawford_02april22.mspx

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[TR]SweetSpotOz · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:34

Vai · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:42

MikeHunt79 said:
Could I use an old computer with a linux distro and 2 wifi cards? It should be possible with this setup shouldn't it?

I don't believe Linux will be able to do this. I was thinking about bridging my Ethernet and wireless using a Linux box, but I found almost no information on it, and what I did find suggested that Linux has very poor support for it.

Before that I used to use Windows 2003's network bridge to do it, but the Wireless kept failing. I am not sure if that is down to Windows, the drivers or the hardware, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Best bet would be some kind of hardware/router solution, but I am not sure how you would do that.

MikeHunt79 · 29 Jan 2007 at 01:55

thanks for the info... nice to know XP will do it

I managed to fix my problem with a wok in the end