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What is a Wireless LAN Bridge
Wireless LAN bridge is the connection two wireless routers, which are connected through 802.11N/G/B protocols. Once connected the routers act as wireless bridge adapter for the local devices connected to their LAN ports.

Why Do I need Wireless LAN Bridge
Wireless LAN can be useful in many scenarios. If you want to setup a home network where there several devices which need to be connected to the Internet . If the device have only Ethernet ports then it needs to kept near the main wireless router. Alternatively you can use one wireless bridge adapter per device to connect the main wireless router. Instead of using several wireless bridge adapters you can get another wireless router and connect it to the main wireless router. The additional wireless router will provide several ports.

How to setup router as a wireless bridge
All wireless routers are not created equal. Most of the wireless routers do not support wireless network bridging. Most of the routers from major manufactures do not support wireless bridging. You will have to pickup routers which support DD-WRT or the routers which support Wireless Access Point mode. See Selecting Wireless Bridging Routers.
In order to connect the routers you need set main router which is connected to Internet as DHCP server. Setup the second router in Wireless Client. Program the SSID and Security key same as the first router. Once this is done correctly second router will find the first router.

For detailed demonstration see the article Connect two wireless routers using wireless network bridge

WET610N is a dual-band wireless Ethernet bridge based on IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 and optimized for video transmission. WET610N can operate in either 2.4GHz or 5.0GHz radio bands (selectable dual-band), and it is fully backward compatible with widely deployed 802.11a/b/g infrastructure, 1-Port 10/100 Mbps half or full-duplex modes, auto-sensing, integrated QoS features.
The IP Address is set to DHCP, if you have a router or DHCP server check the DHCP Clients table for address. If there is no DHCP Server detected the Bridge will default to the IP address 169.254.1.250.
WET610N does not have default IP address. It will pick up one from the router or DHCP server.
You should know the wireless settings of your network.
If your wireless network is secured then make sure that you have the correct wireless network key/password.
How to setup WET610N:
Connect WET610n to the router with the Ethernet cable.
Open the setup page of your wireless router and go to the DHCP client table list. In this list you will find the devices connected to your network. You will find the IP address of the bridge. Note down that number.
Open the Internet browser and in the address bar type the IP address of the bridge. It will open the setup page of the bridge.
Click on Wireless tab and go to Wireless Network site survey. Select your wireless network from the list and try to connect. If it is a secured wireless network then enter the password of your wireless network. It will connect to the network.
Now disconnect the Ethernet cable from the bridge and power cycle it. Now try to ping the IP address of the WET610N.
If you are not able to find IP address of your bridge in the DHCP client table of your router then you can try another way to access the setup page.
Connect WET610N to the Ethernet port on your computer. Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds. Release the reset button and wait for 30 seconds. Power cycle it.
Now open the Internet browser on your computer and in the address bat type 169.254.1.250. Log on to the setup page and try to connect to the wireless network.
Once the wireless bridge is configured successfully, you can connect it to the device that you want to use in the network. You can use it with special devices like Play station, BluRay player or Xbox also. If you have more that one devices that you want to use it wirelessly then you can connect the bridge to a switch and connect all the devices to the switch. In this way you can connect multiple devices to the wireless network using only one wireless bridge.