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How To Use A Router as a Wireless Adapter Without NAT
28 Jan 2011 by Dustin Patterson / 3 Comments
In a previous article I showed you how it is possible to use a wireless router and 3rd party firmware as a wireless adapter. While the information in that guide is still relevant to most users, the steps provided create a limitation for more advanced users. In the previous guide, any devices connected as clients to the wireless router adapter would use Network Address Translation (NAT). (If you&...
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How to Use A Router as a Wireless Adapter
02 Sep 2009 by Dustin Patterson / 11 Comments
There may come a time where you have an extra wireless router on your hands (such as the Linksys WRT54GL) that you’re not sure what to do with. One thing that I have recently found useful is to use the router as a wireless adapter to connect to a wireless network. Using a router as a wireless adapter will not only provide you with wireless connectivity, but will also give you a multiple-po...
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Tomato Firmware: Increased Transmit Power Does More Harm Than Good?
05 Apr 2009 by Dustin Patterson / 25 Comments
Currently, I run four routers, all part of the WRT54G/GL/GS series, that allow a house to receive wireless internet. These routers provide sufficient, although not yet ideal, coverage for the house. Since the WRT54G/GL/GS routers are built on a Linux framework, they are easily upgraded to more powerful firmware, such as the Tomato Firmware available from http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato. T...
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