I was under the impression that I could buy a wireless repeater, stick it somewhere in my house, and my reception would increase in dead spots.
After reading a review on ZDNet, I am now under the impression that you must connect the repeater to a wired network or access point for it to be of any use. Here's a quote: Throughput will be cut in half when you enable WDS and use the device as a repeater among other Buffalo AirStations, because in this configuration, the radio must not only receive but also retransmit each individual data packet. Still, the repeater should have bandwidth enough to spare for most applications, even with WDS enabled.
Well, then is WDS what I think a plain-old repeater is?
Here is the review: