ou may some day encounter a situation in which you will require a wireless internet connection for a desktop computer.  Perhaps you have decided to move your office from one room to another in your home. However, the new room does not have the cable or telephone connection you need to bring that computer online.

Before you go out and buy a wireless network card or attempt to run wire through your attic, you might be able to save yourself time and money if you have an old wireless router lying around. You may be able to upgrade your old router with a different firmware that will allow it to act as a wireless bridge. That is, turn your old router into wireless bridge. A wireless bridge allows you to connect one network to another over the airwaves, rather than having to run wire from one room to another.

router to wireless access point

The free firmware that makes this possible is called DD-WRT.  Before reading further, check the DD-WRT supported device list to see if your router is supported.  If it is supported, be sure to check out the notes for running DD-WRT on the supported device page. You’ll need to refer to the recommended installation method later.
Requirements

- Broadband internet connection.
- Two wireless routers:

    * One connected to your broadband internet connection to serve as the access point.
    * One connected to other machine(s) that need to connect to web. This one will need to support DD-WRT.

Initial Setup

      1. Make sure your main internet rou