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| Re: using WRT54G as a bridge to another WRT54G said by prestonlewis  :
Yes, all 4 LAN ports work fine in bridge (client) mode. You can add a switch to one of the ports to have even more ports available. I've done that without problems. As for your 2nd question, a WRT54G in client (bridge) mode doesn't care what access point it is using. It just needs to have ssid, channel, encryption, etc. set to match. I don't think it matters which version of firmware you are using. As far as I know, Samahdi, Satori, and Alchemy all work the same when it comes to bridging and the brand of access point used isn't an issue.
with Satori in client mode, only 1 device is allowed to be connected that unit. If you add more it won't work properly.
The client mode of Samahdi and Satori are pretty much the same, Alchemy does thing differently. With Alchemy, the wireless interface becomes the WAN interface of the router. This allows multiple clients to be connected to the client mode WRT (on their own subnet).
When you set a WRT to client mode it loses its ability to be an AP, so devices cannot connect to it via wireless (all devices must be wired to it).
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