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The Lynchpin is the Computer in the Middle
Authored by: madmizzen on Feb 14, '03 10:21:30PM

From everything I have read the ability to bridge wireless networks, or repeat them is a function that is dependent on the new Airport Extreme base-station (and some other wireless products notably the Linksys WAP11). What the hint poster is doing is to use a computer in the middle to make all this magic work.

DSL (or some such) <ETH>BASE 1<802.11>COMP 1<ETH>BASE 2<802.11>COMP 2

In the case above he is taking advantage of the internet sharing inherent in OSX, but you could just as easily use a linux box or router in the space of COMP 1.

I know this is redundant information for some of you, but I have been confused by this stuff before (a week trying to get afore mentioned Linksys WAP11 to work) so i thought I would throw my two cents in

cheers

walter



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The Lynchpin is the Computer in the Middle
Authored by: Winston on Jul 09, '03 12:16:14PM

The reports I have are the Linksys WAP-11 only works in "bridge" mode with another WAP-11 (or maybe another Linksys router).

Also, it can either act as a wireless access point or a wireless bridge, but not both at the same time.

It cannot act as a wireless to wireless bridge. In "bridge mode" all it can do is act as a "client" of another WAP-11 which then gives you an ethernet connection for a computer, network printer, etc.

- W



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