WiFi question - easiest way to connect non-WiFi hardware to WiFi?

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Chris G wrote:
> While this is not a specifically Ubuntu/Linux question I suspect the
> answers may be subtly different according to the OS one has on computers
> in the same place.
> 
> I want to connect a device (a VOIP phone base station) to a WiFi
> service. The WiFi isn't mine, it's a service provided for customers (of
> which I am one) at a marina.  I want to get my VOIP phone to talk to the
> WiFi service.
> 
> I *think* a WiFi router/access point should be able to do this but it's
> not really very clear in the Web set-up how this can/should be done. Can
> anyone offer me some help please.
> 
> I have the following that I *could* use to connect to the WiFi:-
> 
>     Speedtouch 716WL wireless router (quite old)
>     Tenda Wireless-N router model W311R+
>     Solwise 434T 3G router
> 
> Of these it feels as if the Tenda W311R+ is the most likely to be able
> to be configured the way I want.  What I want is to configure the router
> to be a WiFi 'client' and provide access to the internet from its
> ethernet LAN connections.
> 
> 

	I do believe what you want to create is a wrieless bridge.
(I don't completely trst Wikipedia, but this article seems to be right...:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_bridge

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