If your looking at a ruckus already why did you just pass up the WRT54. These will do client mode bridging using DD-WRT or OpenWRT depending on model of "router/bridge". I know you can pick one of these up new at about 40 bucks and they work perfectly. Heck if you could still use the existing switch. From what I have seen is the Metroflex is about $100 a wrt is < $40 depending on where you look. On 4/6/2009, "Justin Krejci" <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote: >Ruckus Metroflex units support bridging, routing and routing+nat. > >They are relatively cheap and have a typical web interface as well as a >telnet/ssh cli > > > >Examples: > >http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=ruckus+wireless ><http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=ruckus+wireless&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m27 >0.l1313&_odkw=ruckus&_osacat=0> >&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=ruckus&_osacat=0 > > > > > >These are the typical routers used in the City of Minneapolis wifi network. > > > > _____ > >From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Andy Schmid >Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 2:36 PM >To: Adam Monsen >Cc: Twin Cities Linux Users >Subject: Re: [tclug-list] wirelessly bridging a small wired network > > > >I believe you have 100 meters (~328 feet) to work with when it comes to >ethernet cable, anything beyond that length and you'll need some sort of a >repeater. That should be plenty to figure out some way to run a cable. I >once lived in a house where we fished from each room ethernet cabling >through the air vents, and centralized the router in the basement by the >furnace. Be creative :) > >I've done the whole wireless bridging before, and let me tell you its more >trouble than its worth. The connection reliability is sub-par and no where >near the speed of gigE. I recommend a wired connection. > > > >On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Adam Monsen <haircut at gmail.com> wrote: > >I have a room in my apartment (let's call it the "office") that is about >100' away from my cable modem. I have an 802.11g wireless router >connected to the cable modem. > >The office has three desktop computers wired to each other via a switch >(for sharing a printer), but they can't get to the internet. I could get >a very large length of CAT 5 or 6 cable, but that seems like a long way >to stretch ethernet cabling, and a potentially ugly addition to my >apartment (I can't drill and snake it through the walls). > >So, I'm thinking wireless. I *could* just get one wireless adapter for >each computer, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a networking device >that would basically talk 802.11g to the existing wireless router and >share internet with the three computers in the office (via the existing >office switch). I think this would basically be a wireless-to-wired >bridge. > >Maybe something like this D-Link DGL-3420: >http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=383 >Hard to be sure if it would work for my purposes. > >I know I can get a wrt54g or a dedicated computer to act as a bridge, >but I was looking for a more plug-and-play adapter with WPA support and >a little Web UI for configuring stuff like the wireless password. > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > >