ki4jgt Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I need a temporary setup to turn my computer into a network bridge. I have one router with Internet access and one router without. I need my laptop to act as an intermediary and relay the information from one wireless router to the other. I have 2 wireless USB sticks with Ubuntu Linux. I can connect to each of them at the same time but I need to relay the Internet from one to the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Is there a reason you aren't just bridging the two routers directly, or is it so you can filter/monitor traffic from the one PC as a firewall or such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki4jgt Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Is there a reason you aren't just bridging the two routers directly, or is it so you can filter/monitor traffic from the one PC as a firewall or such? It's a public access hotspot which my Iphone will not connect to (too far away). So I can't exactly bridge it. Plus the situation is temporary so I have no need to purchase a professional bridge. I can't adhoc as Iphone won't connect to an adhoc network :(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) Maybe this will help - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessAccessPoint You should also be able to do this all from the PC without the need for the second router, so long as the nic does master mode and supports hostapd I think. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151781 Edited May 31, 2012 by digip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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