>I think "bridge" is the term I am looking for...
>
> Here is the setup I desire:
>
> I have two Linksys WRT54G routers.  One is downstairs with a cable modem
> and ReplayTV, and I want one to go upstairs with my PC, Playstation2, and
> another ReplayTV.  I want the router downstairs to act as the gateway to
> the Internet and the router upstairs to act as a bridge for the ethernet
> devices (ReplayTV and Playstation2).
>
> I read in the WRT54G manual before buying it that you can put it into a
> "router" mode instead of a "gateway" mode, and the description seemed to
> indicate that this setup is possible.  I have not, however, been able to
> get this setup to work.  The manual was sketchy on the details, so I am
> not sure what exactly I need to do.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> "Tom Scales" <tom***@softhome.net> wrote:
>
>>For upstairs, you want a WAP54G or a WET54G, both of which will  bridge to a
>>WRT54G.  Return the second WRT54G and get one of the others.
>
>
> A waste of time and good money.  Get the Satori software for free,
> and having working in a few minutes.
>

> I think "bridge" is the term I am looking for...
>
> Here is the setup I desire:
>
> I have two Linksys WRT54G routers.  One is downstairs with a cable modem
> and ReplayTV, and I want one to go upstairs with my PC, Playstation2,
> and another ReplayTV.  I want the router downstairs to act as the
> gateway to the Internet and the router upstairs to act as a bridge for
> the ethernet devices (ReplayTV and Playstation2).
>
> I read in the WRT54G manual before buying it that you can put it into a
> "router" mode instead of a "gateway" mode, and the description seemed to
> indicate that this setup is possible.  I have not, however, been able to
> get this setup to work.  The manual was sketchy on the details, so I am
> not sure what exactly I need to do.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Ok, I bought the Sveasoft Alchemy firmware and setup the upstairs router
> as a client.  I set it up to use the static IP 192.168.1.2 on the
> downstairs router and devices upstairs can now get through to the Internet.
>
> The only problem that remains is that devices on the different routers
> cannot see each other.
>
> Here's the setup...
>
> Downstairs:
>  Router: 192.168.1.1
>  Mask: 255.255.255.128
>  DHCP: .1.50 - .1.99
>
> Upstairs:
>  IP: 192.168.1.2
>  Gateway: 192.168.1.1
>  Router: 192.168.1.129
>  Mask: 255.255.255.128
>  DHCP: .1.150 - .1.199
>
> Is it possible to setup some kind of static routing on the either/both
> that will allow devices to see each other?  Is there any other solution?
>  Is there a way to do this without subnetting?  I think ReplayTVs need
> to be on the same subnet in order to share shows...
>
> Randy Widell wrote:
>
>> I think "bridge" is the term I am looking for...
>>
>> Here is the setup I desire:
>>
>> I have two Linksys WRT54G routers.  One is downstairs with a cable
>> modem and ReplayTV, and I want one to go upstairs with my PC,
>> Playstation2, and another ReplayTV.  I want the router downstairs to
>> act as the gateway to the Internet and the router upstairs to act as a
>> bridge for the ethernet devices (ReplayTV and Playstation2).
>>
>> I read in the WRT54G manual before buying it that you can put it into
>> a "router" mode instead of a "gateway" mode, and the description
>> seemed to indicate that this setup is possible.  I have not, however,
>> been able to get this setup to work.  The manual was sketchy on the
>> details, so I am not sure what exactly I need to do.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Randy Widell <NOSPAM_BornAgainSlakr@hotmail.com_MAPSON> wrote:
>
>>Well, for anyone out there wondering how to solve this
>>problem...here goes...
>>
>>---Downstairs router connected to Internet---
>>Internet configure using DHCP
>>Router IP: 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
>
>
> ...
>
>
>>---Upstairs router---
>>Internet disabled
>>Router IP: 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0
>>Gateway: 0.0.0.0
>>DHCP server disabled
>
>
> ...
>
>
>>...and viola, works for me...  and hopefully this saves someone
>>the frustration i suffered.
>
>
> That's the easy way.  You actually could keep the subnetting
> that you originally proposed, but the tricks to get that into
> the route tables of the WRT54G are sort of complex.
>
> Have you experimented yet with enabling telnetd, and logging
> into the WRT54G to look around?
>