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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Basiclinux 3.5 and wireless (ma401).
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:16:21 +0000 (UTC)

Thanks. Maybe what you describe has dhcp client built into the router?

We are going to concentrate our efforts on adding a few more phone lines to the neighbor's house and placing her DSL modem closer to our house so we can pick up the signal directly with pcmcia wireless cards. Even a PCI wireless card with longer antenna could not get a usable signal, but it did detect a weak signal. Her signal is half strength even inside the house, so we need to check for interference from cordless phone or computer. If we make her signal stronger we should also figure out how to set a password or the whole neighborhood will be able to use it.

I am still trying to understand how to link networks. It might be that I can change from dynamic internet IP address on my wireless router to an IP number similar to that of her router (put my router into her network) and then use it as a bridge that way. I would connect to my own router (dhcp or manually assign IP number to match my own router) and with luck (and a stronger signal) pick up her signal and be able to use it. I can try using her router IP number as DNS server, or use my usual ones (assigned manually after browsing to my router with Opera). None of this will work until we get a stronger signal.

We were shown a new in-the-box amplifying antenna that plugs into a USB port and I presume also includes a wireless network card. That would add one more layer of drivers, but some USB wireless cards have linux support.

Sindi

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Has anyone succeeded in using a wireless router as a bridge (to pick up a
neighbor's wireless signal)?


If you're meaning getting 2 routers to talk to one another (I'm
guessing the neighbour also uses a router?) and I am no expert on this
but I think that this would require something called WDS. Not all
routers support WDS and from what I can gather it's not even
standardised yet! Those routers that run a small version of linux
might work better, but because WDS isn't standardised it means having
to get two routers of exactly the same type and version and model
number. I tried getting a linksys WAG54G and a linksys WDS54G to try
to work together but they both use different ideas of WDS and they
refuse to detect each other! I'm no expert but I've found this to be
quite hit-and-miss really.

ljones

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