setting up a bridge for your network

to bridge the gap between network devices that are not wireless n or to extend your network to other rooms or around the house without running ethernet cables around the house.... you can create a wireless bridge with a spare wireless n router and dd-wrt firmware. in my case I've accumulated some routers that i can use as wireless bridge. the first thing to do is to check if your wireless router is supported by looking it up in the dd-wrt database. Then follow the instructions to flash your routers and set them as wireless bridges. it is easy to do, but it requires to follow some technical instructions and sometimes patience since the instructions may be confusing.

this is my setup:

The main router is a Cisco-Linksys E3000 Wireless-N Router. since i flashed most of my routers to dd-wrt i decided to stick with it for the main router aswell, for consistency. It is capable of wireless n at 5 ghz and n,g at 2.4 ghz plus gigabit ethernet. Connected to it are a D-Link DNS-321 2-Bay Network Attached Storage at gigabit ethernet,  Apple TV MC572LL/A (2010) [OLD VERSION] at wireless n 5ghz,  a PC at wireless g 2.4 ghz, another PC at wireless n 5 ghz, a tablet wireless n 5 ghz and finally two wireless bridges. Bridge one is a Cisco-Linksys E2000 Advanced Wireless-N Router with dd-wrt (capable of wireless n at 5 ghz or 2.4 ghz) currently using 5 ghz. Connected to the bridge via ethernet are an Xbox 360 4GB Console and a playstation 2.  The second bridge is a Cisco-Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router with dd-wrt (capable of wireless g at 2.4 ghz). Connected to this bridge via ethernet is a network printer.

Bridge three is currently in the works. Its an ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router (capable of wireless g at 2.4 ghz) and i'm planning to connect a USB Camera to it. this router i've flashed with Open-wrt firmware and is currently a wifi radio.