[CentOS] wireless question

Theo Band
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:38:39 -0000

Jimmy Bradley wrote:
>       I've had no luck with getting a wireless card to work. Before I
go
> buy another card, I wanted to see if there is a way I could do this
> instead.
>       I've got a second wireless router that I'm not using right
now. So
> I would like to find out if there is a way I can make this work. I was
> thinking about connecting the second wireless router to my pc through
> the ethernet port, and let the router be my wireless connection instead
> of a wireless card. Now, is there a way I can get the second router to
> talk wirelessly to the router that's connected to my broadband modem,
> and surf the web and everything else that way?
>       Any help would be appreciated.
> Jim
>
If both wireless routers/access points support Wireless Distribution
System or WDS then this should not be an issue. Most routers nowadays
support this feature.