Will a wireless bridge give me an IP address on the same subnet?

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I have a server which I want to put in the garage. The problem is that I can't get a LAN cable from router to that server. Somebody suggested that I use a wireless bridge. I am thinking of getting a High Power 300Mbps Wireless-N-WIFI Router Repeater Extender AP Bridge.

I have few reservations:

  1. Will my server get an IP address within same subnet as other computer so that they can communicate?
  2. On my Netgear router I can configure port forwarding. Can i still do that if I use a wireless bridge?
  3. If I attach three or four devices over that bridge, what will be the speed?

user1721949

Posted 2014-03-27T02:42:03.407

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Answers

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I've never used this particular device, but I am familiar with wireless bridges (and have used a few)

  1. Yes, your server will get the IP in the same subnet as the other computers (provided its set up as a bridge)

  2. Yes, you can port-forward in your router. A bridge is like a switch, ie sits below the TCP/IP layer, so this will work fine.

  3. A bridge will slow down your connection quite a bit (the exact speed of the connection will, of-course, depend on the strength of connectivity etc). You should be able to connect multiple (ie more then 4) devices to it. You are unlikely to be able to push 100 megabit through this though.

That said, you might want to look at getting an AP Client (access point client), which will do the same thing but not try and repeat the signal wirelessly. DD-WRT has good support for this - so consider getting a router which works with DD-WRT and using that. When I set up a bridge, I landed up purchasing 2 devices which spoke on both the 2.4 and 5 gig band, and used the 5 gig band to bridge the network together in 2 parts of my house - of-course, this assumes you can get 5 gig coverage to your garage.

Another thing to look at as an alternative might be a couple of ethernet over power devices - these are likely to be more reliable as less subject to WIFI interference (and also appear as a bridge). I mention this because you mentioned its a server.

davidgo

Posted 2014-03-27T02:42:03.407

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thanks for that. if i use ethernet over power , then can i join that ethernet port to switch and then attach multiple devices – user1721949 – 2014-03-27T05:05:16.533

Yes. Think of a couple of ethernet over power devices as being a long ethernet cable, or if you get one with a switch built switch, think of it as daisy-chaining switches. – davidgo – 2014-03-27T06:56:24.413

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