The XO2 radios from SmartBridges have two radios in them, one can act as a client, the other can act as an access point..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilles Boccon-Gibod Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] Client AND Access Point with one radio ? I'm trying to find a solution (either as software, in the form of Linux or Windows drivers/programs), or hardware-based, that could operate as an 802.11b Access Point as well as an 802.11b Client using only one radio, with routing between the two "virtual" interfaces of the radio. The reason I need this is that I have a situation like this: * There is a "regular" access point AP1, to which I can connect with one client (STA), which gets me one routable IP addr, and not more. That AP provides me access to an "outside" network. * Laptop A connects to AP1 * I have 3 other machines, C, D and E, which need access to the outside network. Laptop A needs to act an an Access Point AP2 for C, D and E, and route their packets through its connection to AP1. Of course, this is easy to do if A has 2 radios. In that case, it uses one in AP mode to provide connectivity to C, D and E, and one in client mode to connect to AP1, and routes packets (with NAT) between the 2 interfaces. WDS mode "almost" solves the problem, except that here, I need to route, not bridge, because AP1 can only serve one single client, and allocate one IP addr, so I need to route. Does anyone know if it is possible to do the same with only ONE radio (provided that the same 802.11 channel is used) ? -- Gilles -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
