Re: [SLUG] DD-WRT and its requirements

From: Matthew Rogers (matt@runithard.com)
Date: Sun May 25 2008 - 21:11:08 EDT


Just disable DHCP on any wireless router an it becomes a bridge.

Eben King wrote:
> So you may have heard I have a new toy. This toy only has a hardwired
> ethernet port and no slots and I can't run a cable to where it is (I
> guess I COULD, but it'd be difficult), so I need some sort of ethernet
> <-> wifi bridge. The easiest (with one part of "cheap" and one part
> "versatile") way is to get a router and put DD-WRT on it configured to
> act as a bridge.
>
> To that end, I've been looking at
> http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices . In the listing
> for the Actiontec MI424WR, under "WLAN standard" it says "ralink b/g
> (must be replaced)". I want to use this router with an 802.11g
> signal. Can I do this directly? There is another one of these
> routers in the house (supplied by Verizon), and no hardware mods were
> performed here to enable the wireless connection (but I have no idea
> what was done before it came here).
>
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