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« on: November 13, 2011, 12:43:22 PM »
I am using WiFi provided by my Mobil Home Park.  At the present time I have a outside antenna that brings the signal into my Mobil Home.  The signal goes to a Linksys wrt54g router with DD-WRT firmware installed.  I have made the router into a Client Bridge using that firmware.  I have then connected all my devices to that router (which is now a "Client Bridge") with a Ethernet cable.  This set up works great.  But a person is never satisfied.  Right?  Now I want to bring that signal into the house to some kind of device that will broadcast the signal to all my devices wireless.  I am sure there must be such a device out there some where but I haven't found it.  Anyone have a idea what would work?
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2011, 01:04:25 PM »
you can connect a second router to the first ethernet port of the router, set it to dhcp and from the second create a wireless network to do what you want, this is useful if you have a router doing nothing around, some of us have one because internet providers gives us now modems with wireless routers offering 4 ethernet ports

there was a guide explaining how to use that router you have to be bridge and wireless router but i can't find it, maybe in the wrt website?

not sure if here is explained that

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge#Wireless_Clients_cannot_connect_to_Repeater

probably you used this instructiuons?

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Universal_Wireless_Repeater
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2011, 01:27:52 PM »
Thanks T6!  I will check the links out.  Thanks again!
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 06:42:45 PM »
What you want is a 'Wireless Access Point'
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2011, 10:45:40 PM »
Sorry that it took so long to get back to this Post.  Today I finished my installation.  If you would read my first post, all hardware and connection are the same.  But the firmware has been updated to "DD-WRT v24 sp 2 .  I then changed the router to "Repeater Bridge".  I can now connect to the Parks WiFi Wired or Wireless.  It was so simple.  I will mark this as "solved"  Thanks to all who replied
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