wireless nic routing sorta...

[bs_texas]

I have 3 computers on the other side of the room connected cat5 to a switch that is connected cat5 to a router.

--->dsl--->router--->switch--->3 computers
(That's this (http://home.earthlink.net/~bennies_1/00016.jpg) part of my setup. You can see the switch just to the left of the monitor.)

Also in the mix is:
--->dsl--->router--->wap - - - >pcmcia wireless nic

(That's the same dsl and router, which are on the other side of the room.)

Ok, I also have a pci wireless nic not being used. If I want to move those 3 computers into another room, is it somehow possible to put the pci wireless nic in one of the 3 computers, replacing the wired connection and going wireless, and then somehow feed ip addresses to the other 2 computers from the first computer. (The three computers are Windows 2000 Pro, Slackware 10.1, and Slackware 10.1)

Seems that the computer that gets the pci wireless nic would have to be a dhcp server. It would get its signal from the wap and then feed out dhcp ip's through another wired nic in the same pc and connect that to the switch and feed the other 2 computers from there. I don't want to buy another WAP to use as a repeater.

Does this sound feasible or should I take the blue pill and go back to bed? ;)

[GmarAppledude]

you could do something like this:

dsl --> router --> wap < radio signal > wap --> switch --> 3PCs

Basically use two waps as a bridge the pcs won't even know the wireless link is there.

[JayMan8081]

bs_texas-
I think what you are suggesting sounds feasible. If nothing else it probably shouldn't take to long to set it up like that and see what happens. You could always try setting it up like that before you move all of the equipment.

[bs_texas]

GmarAppledude,
You missed this part of my post:
I don't want to buy another WAP to use as a repeater.
I want to know if it's possible given the scenario I described.

[bs_texas]

JayMan,

Yeah, it seems feasible. Since a linux box can be turned into a router, basically. But, I haven't yet set up a wireless nic in a linux box. So, as long as I can do that, then the box, as a router/dhcp server, shouldn't care where it gets its incoming signal (from the wap) and then use the pci nic to serve up ip's to the switch.

The thing is, the wireless signal will give the 'router' machine an ip like 192.168.1.110, so I assume then that this machine will then need to serve up a different ip range, like 192.168.0.nnn. Unless... :eek: that machine could be somehow faked out into thinking it is acting as a switch, instead of a router... uh... wait.. kill me, kill me now... :D

[GmarAppledude]

bs_texas

Yeah I missed that sorry!