Brian, I know you mentioned that you wanted copper but some of this might help, or in case you end up going wireless. I have a 54GL running the default Linksys firmware as my main router out to the rest of the world, and a 54GL running OpenWRT bridged over wireless. It's using WPA2-PSK TKIP.
This was my main source of inspiration: http://wiki.openwrt.org/WirelessBridgeWithWPAHowto I think the only change I made to the scripts provided was to remove the wait for DHCP on the wireless side since I set it up to use a static IP. To get the static IP working I needed to modify /etc/functions.sh in order to specify the interface for the default gateway, otherwise it was ending up being bound to the LAN side of things instead of the wirless, which resulted in a black hole. I also had to modify /etc/init.d/parprouted to get it working as it didn't do a good job of setting options - just a silly bug from what I can tell. The author mentions having problems with the bridging and ended up turning it into a router between two subnets. So far I haven't seen any problems, but I also haven't used the connection heavily or looked at how good the bandwidth is. I don't think it would be a big issue changing it to a router though, and might do so if I have the time and inclination since it seems simpler and you don't have to depend on parprouted. Owen On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:32:56AM -0500, Brian Henning wrote: > Hiya Gang, > If I pick up another WRT54G[L] and manage to successfully flash it > with OpenWRT, how difficult is it to set up a wired LAN that bridges to > my existing LAN by way of the new '54G and my existing '54G? In other > words, I have a section of my house that would be a real pain to get > copper to, but I already have a '54G ticking away merrily with > WPA/PSK-TKIP that I could link to (but I do want a copper segment in > this area). > > I know folks here have done this quite a bit, so I will appreciate > someone offering tips or pointing me toward some good HOWTO reading > material. > > I am also JFGI-ing, but lately my Fu has been weak... > > Thanks! > ~Brian > > Was gonna subject this "Stupid WRT Tricks," but figured maybe I was the > only one that found that humorous.. (-: > > -- > ---------------- > Brian A. Henning > strutmasters.com > 336.597.2397x238 > ---------------- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
