[Sussex] WiFi networking

[Alan F]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:53:46PM +0000, Andrew Guard wrote:
> Just want to know if this would work, I think would but I am not to shore.
> 
> I have Linksys 802.11G (WAP54G) Access Point which is connected in to my
> home network.
> 
> At the moment my PlayStation2 is connected directly with cat5 to my home
> network.  Would it work if I get another Linksys 802.11G (WAP54G) Access
> Point and connect this in to the PS2. 
> 
> Realy what I am asking is possiable to get an Linksys (WAP54G) which is
> hardwired in to my home network to work with another Linksys (WAP54G) which
> is not hardwired to my network and get them to talk to each other?
> 
> IE
> 
> ISP -CAT5- Router -CAT5- Linksys (WAP54G) -Wifi Zone- Linksys (WAP54G)
> -CAT5- PS2
>
I'm pretty sure that *wouldn't* work, unfortunately. The second WAP54G
would have to utilise the wireless connection as the internet
connection, which I'm pretty sure it won't do, because it's a DSL
router. You could, though, use any machine with a wireless and
ethernet card. I do this in my bedroom to connect a few misc machines
with ethernet only when I have to (using iptables).

Router -> *Wifi* -> My desktop -> crossover cable -> other machine

This is in effect "double NAT", which works fine.

Hope this helps, and I've understood your question right,
Alan