Patent ID: 7995516

Claim:
A method of providing a LAN client access to a WAN resource comprising: bridging a wireless WAN, a wired WAN, a wireless LAN and a wired LAN with a first mobile wireless bridge; causing the first mobile wireless bridge to authenticate the identity of said LAN client attempting to access a WAN resource prior to providing access to the WAN resource; and allowing for seamless interfacing between said wired or wireless LAN client and said wired or wireless WAN resource whereby the first mobile wireless bridge is adapted to interface with a variety of WANs and to seamlessly switch between unreliable or undesirable WAN connections due to WAN failure, disconnection, and remoteness; providing a second mobile wireless bridge interconnected to the first mobile wireless bridge; bridging a wireless WAN, a wired WAN, a wireless LAN and a wired LAN with the second mobile wireless bridge based on cooperation between the first and second mobile wireless bridges, which interact with each other, such that the first mobile wireless bridge hands off the communication to the second mobile wireless bridge wherein the handoff occurs based on the second wireless bridge being better than the first wireless bridge to satisfy the needs of the client based on a plurality of services being available on the second wireless bridge when both the first and second mobile wireless bridges continue to be within range to communicate with the clients, wherein said plurality of services available includes a higher speed internet access compared to the first mobile wireless bridge and wherein the first mobile wireless bridge and the second mobile wireless bridge cooperate to share the higher bandwidth; and causing the second mobile wireless bridge to authenticate the identity of a LAN client attempting to access a WAN resource prior to providing access to the WAN resource; and allowing for seamless interfacing between said wired or wireless LAN client and said wired or wireless WAN resource whereby at least one of the first or second mobile wireless bridges are adapted to interface with a variety of WANs and to seamlessly switch between unreliable or undesirable WAN connections due to WAN failure, disconnection, and remoteness.