Is it possible to wirelessly bridge a WRT54G to a 2Wire HomePortal 1000SW?

The 2Wire HomePortal 1000SW is 802.11b AFAICT. Thus, even if you can get this to work, streaming anything above standard quality will not produce satisfactory results. That said, if you just want the RTV to be able to net connect, you might be able to make it work by putting the WRT54G into "client mode" using the Sveasoft firmware. In my experience, this doesn't work very well and has a lot of caveats (including only supporting one wired device at a time behind the client mode WRT54G). You can try though.

Thanks! I will try that. When the WRT54G is put in client mode, do you then point it to the mac or ip address of the 2Wire? Oh, perhaps you just setup the same wireless channel and wep config and it should just see it? I don't care about the streaming in this setup, I just want to keep the replay's guide data up to date. I'll buy a second WRT54G someday soon, so it isn't a biggie.

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IIRC (it's been a while since I messed with client mode), you just configure the client mode router for the same channel/SSID/WEP settings. Also, I think you can have multiple clients behind the client mode WRT54G as of the latest Alchemy releases, though you definitely couldn't in Satori. Judging from some of the posts I recall on the Sveasoft forums, it does have its quirks though.

They sent me a new Homeportal 1800HG, so it is wireless G. Thing is, since I got new Dish service now I don't need to get the WRT54G talking to it for my Replay (I moved it back to the office and put the new Dish DVR in that room). So, I wonder if there is a way to connect my WRT54G to my 1800HG (wired or wireless) so I can keep my cable isp also and have two broadband connections to the internet? hmm

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If I am reading that correctly, you now have both DSL and cable Internet, correct? If so, you can certainly keep and use both, but you won't be able to combine them into one super fast broadband link with your current equipment, if that's what you're asking. You would need a special dual WAN router, which is expensive. Even then, as i understand it, the router only does load balancing and doesn't (can't?) truly aggregate the connections.

Just a few minutes ago I lost my cable connection for a bit, again. I am just going to discontinue all of TWC and go with the new DSL. Even if it's top download speed is half that of my current cable, it is more reliable. I can't justify the cost of both right now anyway.