On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:27:47 GMT, "Adair Witner" <buhbear007@mail.com>
wrote in <7ooGh.1164$8i6.889@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>:

>The company I work for has been contacted to get a temp wireless link setup
>in a building that has burned.
>There was a network cable that ran from one part of the building to another
>across the area that burned and they need to restore the link until the fire
>marshal releases the building and lets them pull a new cable or until they
>demo and rebuild.
>
>I think there is just one machine on the other end of the link but there
>might be two or three.
>
>What would be the best way to create the link knowing that I need to either
>plug into a wired pc or a switch (to run several pcs). As far as I know they
>do not have a wireless network in place right now. Even if they do I'd
>rather employ a solution that I can add to there existing network to create
>a wireless point A to point B link to the wired PC's.
>
>I don't have time to order parts so I need to be able to pick it up locally.
>I can get my hands on Linksys WRT54's and WAP54g's as well as the Buffalo
>WHR-G54. And I don't mind flashing the Buffalo's with DD-WRT to make things
>easier.
>
>I know two of the WAP54G's can link but not sure how it handles the ethernet
>side.. I can also link a WAP54G to a WRT54G but still don't know if I can
>come out one of them with ethernet. and I know I can WDS the Buffalo's with
>DD-WRT and the ethernet should work there..

Two Buffalo's with DD-WRT is a good way to setup a point-to-point
wireless link.

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