Can I run a wireless bridge to a wired hub?

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Lifer
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I have a wireless ethernet bridge that currently has an ethernet cable from to an xbox 360. I have two computer in this room that barely picks up wireless signal from my router. Can I run an ethernet cable from my bridge into a wired router, and then connect those two computers to the router via ethernet?
 
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ch33zw1z

Lifer
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I have a wireless ethernet bridge that currently has an ethernet cable from to an xbox 360. I have two computer in this room that barely picks up wireless signal from my router. Can I run an ethernet cable from my bridge into a wired router, and then connect those two computers to the router via ethernet?

I bolded the part that poses an difference compared to the thread title. To do this with a router will take some configuration, to do this with a wired hub/switch shouldn't require any config. Yes, it should work either way.
 

spidey07

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Turn off DHCP on the router and attach the bridge and computers to the LAN ports only. Don't use the WAN port. You may need a crossover cable depending on if the router (now acting as a switch only) does auto-mdi (auto-crossover) or not.