[ale] Tomato as a bridge

[Watson, Keith]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Fowler
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:06
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Tomato as a bridge
> 
> Anyone running Tomato in a real bridge mode?
> 
> My home subnet is 192.168.1.0/24.  I have an AP.  I use Tomato to
> connect the entertainment stuff in the den to my AP upstairs.  I also
> use it to setup a temp bench in another room.  The wireless of the
> Tomato is connecting to my main AP.  The LAN ports of the Tomato are
> 192.168.10.0/24.  I guess I'm running it as a gateway with the wireless
> in client mode.
> 
> What I want to do is extend my 192.168.1.0/24 to the LAN ports of the
> Tomato.  This means it needs to bridge.
> 
> Any caveats?
> 
> Chris
> 

Chris,

I think what you want is client mode. This will connect the device to your wireless network and allow any devices connected to the wired ports to be on the network. The upside is that you get full wireless link bandwidth.

Another option is to set up the device as a WDS node. This cuts the bandwidth in half but allows the device to be a client and an access point at the same time. You can connect to the wired ports and associate with the device wirelessly as an access point.

WDS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System


>From your description you are not trying to extend the range of your wireless network and given that you are connecting an entertainment system you want all the bandwidth you can get so client mode seems to be your best option.

How to: Set Tomato Firmware for Wireless Client Modes
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281/How-to-Set-Tomato-Firmware-for-Wireless-Client-Modes.htm

keith

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