I recently got cable. The modem is installed on the third floor of the house. We have a wireless router which allows me to connect my laptop, and we have an xp machine and a ps2 hooked wired to two of the four wired ports on the router.
I wanted to build my own router/firewall but the modem is in someone elses room and they don't want to have a machine sitting in there. What I want to do is somehow build a box that is a router/firewall but connects to the internet using the wireless signal, so I can set up my own router in my room in the basement and connect a bunch of wired computers so I don't have to buy wireless cards for everything plus so I can have my own dedicated firewall. This is basically a standard or bsd dedicated router/firewall box, but which uses the wireless to get to the internet instead of a second network card. Can this be done? I looked into these wireless bridge things but I was wondering if I could do something like I've described with a bsd or gnu/linux box with wireless card and a network card which is plugged into a switch like a normal bsd or gnu/linux router. I searched and didn't find anything on this topic. I know this isn't the most ideal setup for a home network, but its all I got for now. At least my part of the network will be firewalled off from the windows side. Thanks.
