In article <4eg8o2p0sinjla4ortmsabqv9vdt33ci03@4ax.com>,
Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>You might as well use a WRT54G or Buffalo router with DD-WRT in the
>client mode. That's because a dedicated bridge, game adapter,
>ethernet bridge, client radio, or whatever it's called this week, is
>possibly more expensive than the router. For example, the Buffalo
>WHR-HP-54G router is about $60 while the corresponding ethernet bridge
>WLI-TX4-G54HP is about the same price:
><http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=118&categoryid=29>
>Might as well get the added features of the router.

Thanks for the response Jeff. I am looking at the Buffalo router, and
its slower cousin (ancestor?) the WHR-G54. The user manual does not
mention any bridging or client capability. I don't think this would be
a problem, because how would the router know that I am using it as a
bridge? I can think of one problem: the router might not want to assign
DHCP to clients on its wired interface, which is something that I'd like
to do. Can you think of any other problems I might have?

Or to put it in a more cheerful point of view, would a dedicated bridge
like the WLI-TX4-G54HP offer any useful features that a full service
router would not offer?
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