3. While the bridge is still connected to your PC, obtain the local IP address
of your bridge; it??™ll be something like 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. (You
won??™t need the bridge??™s remote IP address assigned to it by the public
network.)
4. When you??™re done setting up the bridge, unplug it from your PC and
connect it directly to the WAN port of your wireless router. (This is the
port into which you??™d normally plug a DSL or cable modem.)
5. Connect your PC to your router and use a web browser to open up your
router??™s setup page, as described in ???Set Up a Wireless Router,??? earlier
in this chapter.
6. Configure your wireless router so that it has a Connection Type of
Static IP. (Refer to your router??™s documentation for the specific details
on this and the next few settings.)
7. In the router setup, set the Gateway address to the IP address of your
bridge that you obtained in step 3.
Figure 7-15. Use a wireless bridge in conjunction with a wireless router to protect your
workgroup when connecting to a public Internet connection
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8. Then, still on the router setup page, set the static IP address of the Internet
connection (as the router sees it) to a fictitious IP address in the
same subnet as your bridge. This means that the first three numbers of
both IP addresses should be the same, but the fourth should be different.
That is, if your bridge??™s address is 192.168.
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