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I'm trying to bridge some distance between a wired network and a wireless internet access point by setting up NAT using a wireless adapter - to that end I asked another question earlier.

However, I'm also considering another tack: getting a decent internal wireless adapter. Does anyone know of a wireless chipset that has solid, reliable drivers for 64-bit Windows Server 2008?

(I have some form of Atheros chipset currently in a Belkin USB wireless adapter, using a 64-bit Vista driver (athrxusb.sys ver. 2.0.0.130), and have had about 6 bluescreens today that I would pin on the driver - it's the only non-MS software on the machine, and the machine was reliable with a different install previously.)

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Finding a wireless device that natively supports server 2008 might be hard, but let me give you a solution.

What if you use a router like the Linksys WRT54GL with a firmware like Tomato. Now, the advantage of using this solution is that the router can be turned in to a Wireless client instead of a Access Point the 2nd router will act as the wireless adapter, then you can tell the Wireless Client(2nd router) to either assign a static IP or use DHCP for any device connected to it.

I've included a small image. alt text

I can't remember if the default Linksys firmware supports the Wireless Client feature.

Hopefully this all make sense.

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Interesting idea. It may end up being the way to go, though I'd rather centralize all net access from the internal networks through a single machine, rather than a single router, not least because there is more than one network I'm trying to share net access to. But adding another network adapter dedicated to this router may work... – Barry Kelly Aug 15 '09 at 7:44
I've made an order for this part, and some other approaches. Thanks! – Barry Kelly Aug 16 '09 at 16:13
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I'm happy to be told I'm wrong about this but wireless in a server, any server, makes my tummy feel funny - it feel 'wrong' to me somehow, there's almost always a better way of achieving your goal.

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With respect, I've tried other solutions, which is why I've asked the specific questions I did. – Barry Kelly Aug 15 '09 at 7:36
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