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On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:06:32 -0700, Bob S <>
wrote:

>What I am looking for is a hardware solution like a variant of
>a wireless access point that is the client on the wireless side
>and a server on the wired side. (A normal wireless access point
>behaves as a server accepting connections on the wireless side
>and behaves like a client on the wired side.
>
>Is anyone familiar with such a device?

Is this the mode you mean?
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Mode


Jim.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:23:05 -0700, Bob S <>
wrote:

>>
>Thank you Jim. Client Mode appears to be the trick, The
>Wireless access points I have available do not have a
>true client mode. The bridging mode only talks to an
>identical WAP. Now that I know the words I am looking for,
>I just need to find one without that restriction.
>The WIKI page describes what I need to the letter, but it
>may take time to find one which actually implements the
>functionality.
>


This contains the list of dd-wrt supported hardware
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

Just flash the dd-wrt firmware on whatever hardware you can get hold
of and you'll probably save yourself some cash.


Jim