Can I use a Linksys WRT54GL/WAP54G as a wireless bridge?

BloodyL · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:28

I'm sure I can but a little nudge in the right direction would be lovely.
I'm currently using a Tomato modded WRT54GL as my main router and I'd like to use another Linksys box to connect my xbox360 and bluray player up to the network via the wireless connection.

I know I can use DD-WRT on the WAP54G, so theoretically I should be able to use Tomato too?

So all I have to do is flash the firmware and set the second device up as a wireless bridge?

Cheers all.

BloodyL · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:42

Ok, after some more searching it looks like I'm better off just picking up another WRT54GL and flashing it to tomato then using that as the bridge.

Thanks for reading.

PistolPete · 6 Feb 2009 at 22:19

WAP54G is pants when it comes to decent 3rd party firmware - thankfully it's pretty stable on the Linksys offering.

BloodyL · 7 Feb 2009 at 00:55

Aye, the threads over at the Linksysinfo.org forums regarding the WAP have put me off that idea:

1)It only supports WPA when I use WPA2.
2)It'd be cheaper just to pick up another WRT, flash it and disable the things it doesn't need.
3)There is also the glaring error of the WAP only having one wired port when I'd need at least two!.

Lol.