You want to run your Fonera as a transparent bridge between your LAN (eth0) and your private WLAN (ath1) network ? This tipaize is for you ! You'll only need a dhcpd on your LAN, or adjust the udhcpc line.. # we create it here to have it persistent.. YMMV cat > /etc/init.d/N80makebridge << EOF #!/bin/sh #reset both interfaces ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 ifconfig ath1 0.0.0.0 #create the bridge brctl addbr br0 brctl addif br0 eth0 brctl addif br0 ath1 ifconfig br0 up # you should maybe kill the existing udhcpc running on eth0 kill `pidof udhcpc` # normally, the bridge should get the address previously taken by eth0 udhcpc -i br0 -R # tell hostapd that ath1 is in a bridge echo 'bridge=br0' >> /tmp/hostapd.conf # restart hostapd, kill -s SIGHUP doesn't seem to work kill `pidof hostapd` hostapd -B /tmp/hostapd.conf EOF Don't forget to chmod +x /etc/init.d/N80makebridge And test it first before rebooting your fonera, changes will be persistent upon reboot. Enjoy ! Your private clients are now directly on your LAN ! gaston for GCU'07 (c)