Les Cargill wrote:
>
> Is it possible to put WRT-DD type firmware on any currently
> available AP box to cause the box to act as if it were a
> receive station/access point? A Google of a thread from
> a year or two* ago seemed to imply that v4 of the WRT54G
> was the last hardware revision that could support something
> like DD-WRT. The DD-WRT page seems to imply that v8 is
> now supported...
>
> *thread titled "WRT45G as receiver, simplest setup".
>
> Apparently, the chipsets support "client mode", and having
> the 802.11 interface be the default route/backhaul out seems to be
> a matter of configuring routing/NAT/what have you.
>
> For whatever reason, 802.11 PCI NIC cards and the USB thumb adapters
> seem to run about the same price as the AP boxes these days,
> and a 4 or five port Ethernet switch is included with the AP box.
>
>
> --
> Les Cargill
Never mind. The magic words are "client mode", and there are
dozens of discussions out there.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php..._Mode_Wireless
Note: I am not pirating 802.11 service. I am looking at
my options for networking the four computers in the house,
and the falling prices of the gear makes using a WRT54G or
equivalent an interesting option for a WiFi NIC.
--
Les Cargill
Access point as receive station/adapter 
Linear Mode
