On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 04:52:00PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On 25/09/11 16:39, Chris G wrote: The router does have something about WiFi relay in 'Lazy',
'Bridged' and another mode, should I be looking at these?
You want a router that is capable of "Wireless client mode" and then potentially something else to rebroadcast a private wlan (if you actually need wireless on your boat..I don't know how big it is)
No, we don't really need wireless on the boat. Just a 'wired hub' that can use the WiFi outside.
If your current router cannot do this then be careful what you buy as some of the Wireless client routers only support one client as they are intended to wireless enable a single wired device like a games console.
OK, thanks. I have a couple of routers back home that might fill the bill, I just wanted to be sure that what I want is at least possible.
However you can get around this if you get a wireless ethernet router and plug something capable of wireless client mode into it's WAN socket.
That would give you a private subnet that has a route to the internet.
There are also ways of doing this on a single bit of kit but not on any consumer grade kit I know of without using one of the open firmware projects on a supported router.
Thanks for all the info, it's not desperately urgent, just needs to be done to get settled here. It's so much better already actually having a relatively fast and reliable internet connection (the WiFi as opposed to the flakey 3G we had in Belgium).