Good wireless bridge?
Bookmark this page:
 Yahoo!
 Google
 Windows Live
 del.icio.us
 digg
 Netscape
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by DaveC on April 29, 2005, 5:52 pm
Please log in for more thread options I want a wireless bridge (is that redundant?) to act as an ethernet converter, connecting to different brand APs (one at a time, of course). Would like to buy only 1 bridge and have it work with other brands of APs. An external antenna connector would be a plus. I hear good things about D-Link's DWL-900AP+, rev C. Do you have a favorite? If so, what do you like about it? Thanks, -- Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't ask a question here if I hadn't done that already. DaveC me@privacy.net This is an invalid return address Please reply in the news group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by Airhead on April 29, 2005, 3:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Would like to buy only 1 bridge and have it work with other brands
of APs. An
> external antenna connector would be a plus.
> > I hear good things about D-Link's DWL-900AP+, rev C. > > Do you have a favorite? If so, what do you like about it? > > Thanks, > -- > Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't > ask a question here if I hadn't done that already. I think what you are looking for is an ethernet bridge or a workgroup bridge. One that will bridge multiple clients. The Zyxel g-405 is one example. They should talk to any AP but there is no guarantee. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by Philip J. Koenig on April 29, 2005, 8:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options
campbell@alliancecable.net (Airhead) writes... >
> > I want a wireless bridge (is that redundant?) to act as an ethernet
> > converter, connecting to different brand APs (one at a time, of > course).
> > Would like to buy only 1 bridge and have it work with other brands
> of APs. An
> > external antenna connector would be a plus.
> > > > I hear good things about D-Link's DWL-900AP+, rev C. > > > > Do you have a favorite? If so, what do you like about it? > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't > > ask a question here if I hadn't done that already. >
> I think what you are looking for is an ethernet bridge or a workgroup > bridge. > One that will bridge multiple clients. The Zyxel g-405 is one example. > They should talk to any AP but there is no guarantee. A WiFi access point is simply an ethernet to WiFi bridge, so I assume what the OP wants is just a recommendation for a WiFi AP? Since WiFi AP's these days tend to be more expensive than WiFi routers, and because (according to Jeff Liebermann) most WiFi routers have an undocumented "AP" mode which can be used simply by plugging an ethernet cable into the LAN side and leaving the WAN side unconnected, you may want to consider that direction if price is an issue. -- * Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which * * differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are * * even incapable of forming such opinions. -- Albert Einstein * * * * To send email, remove numbers and spaces: pjkusenet64 @ ekahuna27 . com * * Simple answers are for simple minds. Try a new way of looking at things. * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by DaveC on April 30, 2005, 9:37 am
Please log in for more thread options
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:17:14 -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote > A WiFi access point is simply an ethernet to WiFi bridge, so I
> assume what the OP wants is just a recommendation for a WiFi AP? Terminology (correct me if I'm wrong): AP is "point-to-multipoint" device; connects wireless clients to a wired network (a WAN, for example). Client is "multi-point-to-point" device, connecting wired network (or single computer) to the AP, via wireless signal. I want to connect a wired subnet to a remote AP (this device already exists and cannot be changed or replaced). As I understand it, I can use an AP device used in Client mode (talks to APs) or a Bridge (also talks to APs). > ...most WiFi
> routers have an undocumented "AP" mode which can be used simply > by plugging an ethernet cable into the LAN side and leaving the > WAN side unconnected... So a router can be used in Client mode? It can talk to APs? Thanks, -- Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't ask a question here if I hadn't done that already. DaveC me@privacy.net This is an invalid return address Please reply in the news group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by Airhead on April 30, 2005, 10:25 am
Please log in for more thread options
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:17:14 -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote
> > > A WiFi access point is simply an ethernet to WiFi bridge, so I
> > assume what the OP wants is just a recommendation for a WiFi AP? >
wired
> Terminology (correct me if I'm wrong): > AP is "point-to-multipoint" device; connects wireless clients to a > network (a WAN, for example).
(or single
> > Client is "multi-point-to-point" device, connecting wired network > computer) to the AP, via wireless signal.
exists
> > I want to connect a wired subnet to a remote AP (this device already > and cannot be changed or replaced). As I understand it, I can use an
AP
> device used in Client mode (talks to APs) or a Bridge (also talks to
APs).
>
> > ...most WiFi
> > routers have an undocumented "AP" mode which can be used simply > > by plugging an ethernet cable into the LAN side and leaving the > > WAN side unconnected... >
> So a router can be used in Client mode? It can talk to APs? Only if it supports AP Client Mode otherwise a wireless router AP wont talk to another wireless router AP. The other issue is how many MACs will an AP client pass.. 1 for sure, note the word client and not clients. AP client mode is really acting as a wireless adapter converting a non-wireless device to wireless. Allot of devices such as myWAP54G use WDS and has AP, Bridge, Repeater and Client mode. Repeater mode and Client mode will talk to an AP, Bridge mode talks to another bridge. >
> Thanks, > -- > Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't > ask a question here if I hadn't done that already. > > DaveC > me@privacy.net > This is an invalid return address > Please reply in the news group > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> converter, connecting to different brand APs (one at a time, of