Re: How to connect a wifi node to my router

"jon" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

Sorry if my terms are not correct but I will try to explain what I need help
on as best I can.
My friend has just placed some wifi nodes on a lighting pole right done the
block from me about 10 feet with a sidd name and a ip address.
I am currently have a belkin wireless/wired gateway router model no.
f5d6231-4 and router/dsl modem : zyxel p660r with a Os of Windows 98 and a
Netgear 32 network card.
The computer is hard wired and the modem is in bridge mode and the internet
connection is working.
What I would like to do is try to connect my friends node to my router and
have it as part of my network.

Can anyone tell me what kind of setting I would have to change to my router
to make this work. I know that this router is not wifi and it might not
work.
thanks for your help

You'll need a wireless client adapter, wireless bridge client, or
wireless game adapter. These go by many names but basically, they're
a wireless bridge with an ethernet interface. Some wireless routers
and wireless access points also have a client mode. Any of the
following will function:
Linksys WAP54G in client mode.
Linksys WET54G in client mode.
Linksys WAP54GP in client mode.
Linksys WRT54G/GS with alternative firmware in client mode.

I'm not so sure about these game adapters but I think they'll work:
Linksys WGA54G or WGA54AG
The problem is whether they can bridge only one MAC address or if they
can bridge more than one MAC address. Some game adapters only do one
which will not "have it as part of my network" as you require.

Once you make a connection to your friends network, you have a new
problem. You have more than one path to the internet. You have your
DSL modem and you have your friends connection to the internet. You
can have both running at the same time, but you need some way to
control which one is used by your local traffic. This requires a
routing protocol such as RIP or RIP2 and the cooperation of your
friends router. I don't know if your Belkin F5D6231-4 can handle
that.

There is also some question as to why you would want to "have it as
part of my network" instead of just connecting to your friends network
as an ordinary user (wireless client). You can do that with any of
the previously mentioned hardware, in addition to a wide variety of
PCI cards and USB dongles. Anything that acts as a wireless client
will work. You won't have all your computers on your friends network
at the same time, but you will be connected with at least one. If you
absolutely must expose all your computer to your friends network,
there is ICS (internet connection sharing) and various proxy server
products, that will do this.

I realize that this is not a complete answer. That's because I have
no idea what you mean by "have it as part of my network". Could you
explain what you're trying to accoplish and what you expect the result
to do?

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