terminology question

I am wanting to ascertain whether I can use my router in a particular
way, however I have found it difficult to do a search because I
unfamiliar with some WiFi terminology.

I am interesting in relaying wi-fi to wi-fi signals.

=== wired connection ... wi-fi connection


Among the many ways to relay a wi-fi signal I am interested in two in
particular.

It seems possible that a computer with two wi-fi NIC's could do it
even if a single router could not. I read a web page where someone did
something similar to METHOD 2 using two Linksys routers in place of
Router2.

Using the following text-diagram (fixed with font required)

Internet ===== Router1 ......... Router2 ......Comp3
. .
. .
Comp1 Comp2


METHOD 1: In this mode when comp2 or comp3 requested an IP, Router2
would pass the request over to Router1, then Router1 would assign the
IP for Comp2 and Comp3. From then on Packets packets going ether way
between the Internet and Comp2 Comp3 would pass through Router2 and
Router2.

METHOD 2: Router2 uses NAT. When Router2 is first turned on it request
an IP from Router1. When Comp2 or Comp3 make a request for an IP# it
is assigned a number by router2. From then on when Comp2 or Comp3 make
a request for data Router1 sends treated that data as if it were
destined to router2. It is Router2 that determines whether the data
goes to Comp2 or Comp3


I'm not sure if these types of wi-fi to wi-fi bridging have a name or
not. From what I've read it seams that WDS is not exactly the same as
method 1, because WDS use a vendor specific protocol is usually not
work when Router1 and Router2 have different manufactures. In METHOD 1
I would prefer to use standard IP protocol or tunneling.

PS. in case anyone is interested, I will be placing the router in the
house owned/build by my roommates fiancee who is the father of the
person of the Internet connection. They don't want a lot of wires
running around the house.

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