I've recently come into the possession of a video game console capable of connecting to the internet via ethernet. Unfortunately, no ethernet port is within reasonable range. I have a spare WRT54GL and I know there was a thread earlier about alternative linksys firmwares and I'm a fan of Tomato. Does anyone know of a guide on the Web for Tomato to set up a wireless bridge for this?
Not sure you need one. I popped into my Tomato config, and I think all you need to do is select "Wireless Ethernet Bridge" under the "Basic" configuration page, tell it your SSID, and jack your NIC-modded Famicom into one of the network ports. Haven't tested it, but it really shouldn't be complicated at all. Wireless ethernet bridges tend to be absolutely trivial to setup.
Sean Crago Kathmandu
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Sean Crago [email protected] wrote:
I've recently come into the possession of a video game console capable of connecting to the internet via ethernet. Unfortunately, no ethernet port is within reasonable range. I have a spare WRT54GL and I know there was a thread earlier about alternative linksys firmwares and I'm a fan of Tomato. Does anyone know of a guide on the Web for Tomato to set up a wireless bridge for this?
really shouldn't be complicated at all. Wireless ethernet bridges tend to be absolutely trivial to setup.
I wish I knew why it wasn't working then. I set it up, each side says it connected to the other. But packets don't seem to get through =/
really shouldn't be complicated at all. Wireless ethernet bridges tend to be absolutely trivial to setup.
I wish I knew why it wasn't working then. I set it up, each side says it connected to the other. But packets don't seem to get through =/
What's on the other end? Have you SSH'd into Tomato and looked at the logs yet? Its biggest failing at the moment is adequate error reporting. You may want to take a peak for yourself to see what it's doing wrong.
By the way, the way these things SHOULD work is that you end up with a true Ethernet bridge, just like a rather low-level VPN. Should be seamless and work just fine, given a connection to the WAP. That said, if you can't get anything figured out there are dedicated wireless ethernet bridges out there for a pretty minimal cost.
-Sean
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 19:02, Justin Dugger [email protected] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Sean Crago [email protected] wrote:
I've recently come into the possession of a video game console capable of connecting to the internet via ethernet. Unfortunately, no ethernet port is within reasonable range. I have a spare WRT54GL and I know there was a thread earlier about alternative linksys firmwares and I'm a fan of Tomato. Does anyone know of a guide on the Web for Tomato to set up a wireless bridge for this?
really shouldn't be complicated at all. Wireless ethernet bridges tend to be absolutely trivial to setup.
I wish I knew why it wasn't working then. I set it up, each side says it connected to the other. But packets don't seem to get through =/
When in doubt [of networking] whip tcpdump or wireshark out.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Billy Crook [email protected] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 19:02, Justin Dugger [email protected] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Sean Crago [email protected] wrote:
I've recently come into the possession of a video game console capable of connecting to the internet via ethernet. Unfortunately, no ethernet port is within reasonable range. I have a spare WRT54GL and I know there was a thread earlier about alternative linksys firmwares and I'm a fan of Tomato. Does anyone know of a guide on the Web for Tomato to set up a wireless bridge for this?
really shouldn't be complicated at all. Wireless ethernet bridges tend to be absolutely trivial to setup.
I wish I knew why it wasn't working then. I set it up, each side says it connected to the other. But packets don't seem to get through =/
When in doubt [of networking] whip tcpdump or wireshark out.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I've actually solved this problem a much simpler way. We have AT&T U-verse here, which is a cable TV over DSL service. This needs a set top box around every TV connected to the internet, and it turns out they also have an ethernet port available for routing. Handy. In the end, wireless bridging is a Gordian knot. ^_^
Justin
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