When it's not working, for example, the only way I can connect to the Linksys router is if I manually adjust the TCP/IP settings on my NIC so that it has its own IP and will know the address of the gateway.
If I understand it correctly, clients behind 802.11 wireless bridges cannot use DHCP servers on the other side of the wireless link. If you can assign an IP address to one of these clients manually and have it work, then that's as good as you're going to get.
Let me clarify: when there is no wireless security on either device, I can set TCP/IP on my NIC to automatic and I can see the internet and everything just works like normal. When security is on for either device, I can manually set up the NIC, and that will allow me to access the Linksys, but I can't see the internet. So it's not a limitation of the setup, I think it's a problem with mismatched security.
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