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Seriously people...
After you bridge the connections and it doesn't work, then you get frustrated trying to get the IP addresses figured out, remove the bridge and enable ICS.
After you bridge the connections and it doesn't work, then you get frustrated trying to get the IP addresses figured out, remove the bridge and enable ICS.
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It adds processing time by turning a router into a gateway. I haven't worked with bridging in years, but does Windows' not pass DHCP packets or something?
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All I know is years ago I tried to do the same thing, take the wifi off of my computer via the ethernet port... I made a bridge. Had to setup static IPs, I could ping other computers on the network but I couldn't get internet.
Then I googled how to do it and felt stupid when I realized all I had to do was right click my wifi connection, click sharing and enable ICS.
Then I googled how to do it and felt stupid when I realized all I had to do was right click my wifi connection, click sharing and enable ICS.
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OR better yet, have a big can of bush beans, then turn it into a cantenna. Problem solved. Although you may want to stay away from small unventilated rooms for a while...
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All I know is years ago I tried to do the same thing, take the wifi off of my computer via the ethernet port... I made a bridge. Had to setup static IPs, I could ping other computers on the network but I couldn't get internet.
Then I googled how to do it and felt stupid when I realized all I had to do was right click my wifi connection, click sharing and enable ICS.
Then I googled how to do it and felt stupid when I realized all I had to do was right click my wifi connection, click sharing and enable ICS.
There are ways to increase signal strength outside of what has been suggested. For exmaple, if your antennas are removable, you could increase the size of the antennas in order to increase your effective range. You would then place a wireless repeater in the guest house, also with a larger antenna, in order to pick up the signal from the house.
I would not use anything by linksys, period. Refurb or not, we had linksys products fail non stop when I worked for trowe.net in Cali. I cannot tell you how many belkin and linksys products we replaced due to failure. The only wireless repeaters we found that were decent were the Trendnet models, and our routers of choice were Netopia routers, which happen to have a $120 price tag for the non-wireless models. The trendnet repeaters also have a detachable antenna so you can upgrade with a larger one, and fortunately there'* also a website where you can get them fairly cheap.
Antennas:
http://www.data-alliance.net/
Access point with repeater function:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-295-_-Product
Do yourself a favor and don't set up ICS. Its really a half assed way to do what you're trying to do.
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Cisco bought linksys a couple years ago. I trust anything that Cisco puts out. When I interned at WITS, we would get all sorts of busted Linksys routers, all with firmware problems. We'd flash DDWRT on them and turn around and sell them. My WRT54G is a true linksys too, that'* why it runs linux.
If he'* looking for a temporary extension, ICS should be just fine. If he wanted to permanently run wifi to the guest house, I'd recommend a repeater.
Do yourself a favor and don't set up ICS. Its really a half assed way to do what you're trying to do.
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Bridges do in Windows what bridges normally do: bridge two dissimilar networks.
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A network bridge connects multiple network segments at the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model. In Ethernet networks, the term bridge formally means a device that behaves according to the IEEE 802.1D standard. A bridge and switch are very much alike; a switch being a bridge with numerous ports. Switch or Layer 2 switch is often used interchangeably with bridge.
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Cisco bought linksys a couple years ago. I trust anything that Cisco puts out. When I interned at WITS, we would get all sorts of busted Linksys routers, all with firmware problems. We'd flash DDWRT on them and turn around and sell them. My WRT54G is a true linksys too, that'* why it runs linux.
If he'* looking for a temporary extension, ICS should be just fine. If he wanted to permanently run wifi to the guest house, I'd recommend a repeater.
If he'* looking for a temporary extension, ICS should be just fine. If he wanted to permanently run wifi to the guest house, I'd recommend a repeater.
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Belkins are the same, been through a couple and while Tommy was helping me last night to setup TCP to make it a repeater, it died. I give up. Went to electronics store today and just bought cat 5 cable. We'll see how it fares under the snow for the winter. I needed something this weekend and could only find NetGear, LinkSys, and Belkin at the local stores. Meh, I let the cable get buried in snow. Outa sight, outa mind.