Wireless bridging question

[razor2025]

My roommate and I are trying to link up each other's wireless router through WDS. Both of our room has a WAN port to talk to the outside, so we want to keep our internet traffic separate. We just want to bridge our LAN together so that I can print stuff of his printer and we can play Xbox360 over LAN. Here's the proposed layout:



------ Room 1 ----------------------------------------------------- Room 2 -------
(WAN) ---> Linksys WRT54G <--------- WDS --------> Airlink AR430w/Buffalo WHR <---------(WAN)
------ (His own LAN) -------------------------------------------- (My own LAN) -----


Both of our routers have DD-WRT installed. Here's what I think the IP settings should be:

Room 1:

IP Range - 192.168.1.2-125 / 255.255.255.0
His stuff should connect to Gateway - 192.168.1.1 ( His router's LAN IP)


Room 2:

IP Range - 192.168.1.127-254 / 255.255.255.125
My stuff should connect to Gateway - 192.168.1.126 (My Router's LAN IP)

Is this even possible? My gut feeling tells me that the LAN would work, but there's no way to separate the WAN connection.

 

[rickeo]

Im no expert, but you might run into problems with two DHCP servers on the same LAN. Again, I only have a vague notion about how WDS works. Possibly have the router assign static IP's to the computers in its room?