Re: recommandations for a 2nd wifi "switch"

replying to myself...

I did a temporary kludge using spare parts lying around
to workaround my problem: I realized I could add a wifi
card in one Linux PC in (and used ndiswrapper around
Windows drivers) the new office room (1st floor) in
addition to the regular ethernet card in that PC.

Then I put a switch in that 2nd office room, then configured
the Linux PC to do SNAT for the other PCs in that room
(so they can access the internet).

I still could do DNAT for the network printer (so the
PCs wanting to print from the 2nd floor on the first floor
printer can reach the printer, but it's not mandatory as
there's already an network printer on the 2nd floor).
No hack is needed for the PCs in the same room as
they're on the same switch as the printer.

Of course this means that the Linux PC has to be
turned on when someone's in the room (but it's
not a big problem).

I'll just use it that way until I get a "real" wifi
workgroup bridge set up.

.

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