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Bridging two Ethernet networks /w DHCP over WiFi

What I am looking for is a bridge. WiFi cannot handle normal bridging, so how can I route two IP Ethernet networks using WiFi? (Under Linux) How do I set up IP routing under Linux? It must forward DHCP, that is, the router must forward broadcast…
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Adding a Second Wireless Router to an Existing Wired Network

I apologize ahead of time, I know this has been asked before, but I'm still having problems...maybe you guys can help. I started out with the basic instructions from the highest-voted answer at Adding a second wireless router to my network The new…
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OpenBSD Wireless Bridge, outbound traffic gets no response

So fun times this weekend trying to build a simple OpenBSD bridge for my XBox360. I want my ural network card to be bridged with my re network card to forward some traffic. Bleh. I essentially cloned everything from…
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Static IP with wireless bridge

I have a pretty simple network with the main router being a Netgear R8500. I am using an ASUS RT-N66U router in repeater mode to connect device on another floor via wireless bridge including a network printer and a file server. I need a static IP…
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Bridging Wireless interface on Linux

Someone told they actually bridged a wifi interface on Linux, others says this is not possible. I would like to bridge a virtual-machine (kvm+qemu) interface to the host wifi network, is this possible? (I already tried the standard way with bridging…
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pfSense bridging Wi-Fi and LAN: allow access between Wi-Fi and LAN

EDIT: Why would I want to do such a thing? This is a test, and there is 1 machine behind pfSense that I wish to manage, and Wi-Fi makes that easy. Carrying on: The auto-suggessted topics by Server Fault were very relevant. However, I was not able…
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Extending Optimum WiFi range

How would one go about extending an optimum wifi connection? I would assume a bridge would be better than a repeater so the network wouldn't suffer from reduced bandwidth, however I have learned I would need to know the MAC address of their router…
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Mikrotik RB951G-2HnD - wi-fi drops or hangs connections

We've bought Mikrotik RB951G-2HnD in our company (about 20 - 25 clients in network) with 50 Mbps channel from the ISP-side. Mikrotik Wireless drops connection or getting very low speed often as more people are connected via Wi-Fi (since 10 people on…
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MikroTik Wireless Bridge - Bad Ping With Load

A technician has set me up the wireless bridge between two houses but I have problem with ping under load. I have two MikroTik RB/SXTG devices in server/clint mode. They see each other (no obstacle) and distance is only about 20 meters. The issue is…
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Blindly bridging wireless client with MAC NAT

This is the usual "I want to bridge wifi with ethernet" question, but I need something specific here. My Linux box has a wlan0 interface which is in station mode, with MAC aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa, and a VLAN interface (vlan0) with MAC bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb.…
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how to let a user change network settings without admin rights, hostednetwork mode change, runas

I look forward to make it possible for ordinary users, without admin rights, so that they can switch the local wireless card to a hostednetwork (windows softAP mode). the netsh command here is clear netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow…
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Switch to switch encryption over a wireless bridge (TrustSec?)

I am planning to connect an existing Cisco 3750 switch to a 3560C switch over a wireless PTP bridge. The bridge will be WPA2 protected, but I am looking for an additional measure of security between the switches to prevent other wireless access…
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How to setup two ssids on an asus rt-ac66u: one bridged to lan (no dhcp/nat), other dhcp/nat via wan

I was wondering if it's possible with asus rt-ac66u wireless router to create a configuration where the router provides two SSIDs as follows: The first ("intranet") should be bridged (with no DHCP or NAT) to the LAN ports, i.e operating in AP mode…
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How can I get QoS over a WDS bridge on Cisco WAP551

I have two Cisco WAP551 devices bridging two physical locations wirelessly across the street from each other (200 feet, line-of-sight through a window). This is replacing a much, much older wireless bridge that has been rock solid as far as…
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AirPort Extreme - LAN ports active in range-extender mode?

I've got a 5th gen Airport Extreme (MD031LL/A) working well in the back room. If I install a 2nd in the front room as a repeater/extender, will the front room LAN ports be active and participate in all the DHCP goodness, etc? In other words, can…
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