Lightweight wireless access points like those by Meru networks and Aruba
take a dhcp address on whatever VLAN/network they happen to be on and then
tunnel the "radio signal" back to a "radio switch."
One of the benefits sighted to such "switched wireless" systems, is that
you don't have to go around changing VLANs for every AP you put in the field.
While clearly a WRT54GL can't forward the low level "radio" signal, I think
it would be possible to use an OpenVPN or IPSec tunnel to tunnel the
ethernet packets to a central "switch."
Ideally the tunnel would not be encrypted (or encryption would be optional)
as encryption may not be necessary over the wired network and from what
I've read using OpenVPN on a WRT lowers the maximum throughput to far lower
than what it was before the tunnel.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by kemen04@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2008 at 12:49
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
kemen04@gmail.comon 27 Jun 2008 at 12:49