On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 13:20 -0500, Donovan wrote: > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Elvedin Trnjanin <trnja001 at umn.edu> wrote: > > > >> I used the client mode for wireless networks to connect several devices that were not WiFi capable to a much larger network. The real-time bandwidth monitor is occasionally useful as well if you have Comcast. > > > > I had a thought, and I can't tell if it's possible.. can you set one > > up to be a repeater (full client and AP mode at the same time)? I've > > thought about doing this as a cheap way to extend the range, however > > from what I've seen you can only do one or the other. This I would > > require 2 units, which makes the problem less interesting. > > > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > You sure can. We've set these up as repeaters as we had nothing but > trouble with the so-called "range extenders" from any manufacturer. > This kept a very solid connection for a client of our's who was > pushing wireless out to his garage. It takes some tinkering to get > going and I don't remember the exact method but it definitely works. > Lifehacker just did a howto on using DD-WRT to set up a repeater a few weeks ago: http://lifehacker.com/178132/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router Paul