[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 10:27
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Tomato as a bridge
> 
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 14:17 +0000, Watson, Keith wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Is this what I think it is?  Does this allow me to attached wired
> devices and wireless devices to my mifi?  Can I do WDS and the Tomato be
> a gateway running NAT.  Mifi only allows 5 devices but the Tomato could
> be just one and everything else behind it.
> 
> Chris
> 

Chris,

The MIFI has to also support WDS which it more than likely does not. The solution is to do the following (the down side is you will need at least two wireless devices but you will get around the MIFI device limit).


MIFI

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Wireless
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WIFI in client mode

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Wired
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WIFI in WDS mode configured with NAT and DHCP
(can use as AP and wired)
  
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Wireless
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more WIFI in client or WDS mode
(can use as AP and wired (only an AP if in WDS mode))


keith

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