XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , Char Jackson   
   suggested:   
      
   > I used a spare WRT54G v5, running a small version of dd-wrt, as an   
   > access point, client, and repeater for quite a few years. (Not all at   
   > the same time, of course). If I had known it wasn't capable I probably   
   > wouldn't have tried it and found that it was fully capable. Actually,   
   > that's not quite right. The dd-wrt site had detailed instructions that   
   > were specific to the v5.   
      
   We both are correct in that, out of the box, the v5 Linksys/Cisco WRT54G   
   (probably one of the most common routers of the day) didn't do wireless   
   repeating.   
      
   It also had a small footprint of RAM, so, it didn't do the normal   
   third-party firmware.   
      
   And, yet, since it was one of the most popular routers of its day, they did   
   make a special small-footprint firmware for it, which did act as a wireless   
   repeater.   
      
   However ... it was just a spare router so I didn't want to expend much   
   energy into it, and there already was Ethernet to the gameroom, and the   
   fact it was only an 802.11g router was fine for what the kids were doing.   
      
   However, you just brought up an interesting question, since it's set up   
   (AFAICR) as a bridge.   
      
   I currently have to 802.11n access points hung onto the "g" router (acting   
   as a bridge to the "n" SOHO router.   
      
   Does that mean I only get "g" capabilities on my "n" access points?   
      
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