Modem questions?

[kobaj]

I recently received a bunch of old computers and a 2wire 1000(somethinghere) dsl modem. I have cable. I also have a belkin54g wireless router connected to my cable modem and allows me (wireless) to get internet. I want to place the computers I received in a whole nother part of my house (so they wont be seen). I dont have a long enough cat5 cable though.

Can I use my 2wire as an ethernet bridge/repeater type thing? So I dont have to buy a separate wireless card for each pc, just link them to the 2wire, and have it get wireless from my belkin router?

Does the 4 ethernet ports on the back of the 2wire act as a router?

Kinda long questions but detail doesnt hurt. Any one have any ideas?

 

[The_Other_One]

You'll probably need another device. Unless you can get DD-WRT loaded on it or something, I seriously doubt the firmware would allow for it to be used in such a way. That's the problem with most products out there. They can do much more than the manufacturers let on

 

[kobaj]

Just tried loading the dd-wrt.v23_mini_generic.bin. Didnt work unfortunately. Ill just have to wait till next saturday to go out and get my cat5 crimped. Thanks anyway.

Oh, unless you know how to crimp cat5 without the special tool?