On 21 Jul 2006 21:38:09 GMT, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote in
<e9rhg111m3u@news2.newsguy.com>:

>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:18:27 GMT John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>| On 21 Jul 2006 17:00:35 GMT, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote in
>| <e9r17j0105v@news2.newsguy.com>:

>|>Will the Netgear WGPS606 communicate wirelessly with TWO different WGT624
>|>devices at the same time?

>| No. A Wi-Fi network can only have *one* access point (central
>| controller).

>The wiki you have says all wireless is bridging. I guess it isn't.

Again, you're confusing *network* (bridging) with wireless *connection*
(star).

Much like a wired Ethernet hub or switch, a WLAN (wireless LAN,
infrastructure point-to-multipoint) consists of one and only one central
controller (wireless access point) plus one or more wireless clients.
That central controller is a network bridge, just as the wiki states..

>|>The big question is if the WGPS606 has this limitation.
>|
>| It does. All other Wi-Fi gear does too.
>
>So how do I get more than 2 things to talk to each other?
>
>Say maybe in
>a structure like:
>
>*-*--*-*
> | |
> * *
>
>where everything is wireless and the "--" is a particularly long path
>that all but the two *'s connected by it cannot necessarily see each
>other.

The standard WLAN architecture is a star topology, usually connected to
a wired Ethernet:


WAP<--Ethernet-->
/|\
/ | \
WC WC WC

Different LANs and WLANs can be interconnected with

* Wires:

WAP<--Ethernet-->WAP
/|\ /|\
/ | \ / | \
WC WC WC WC WC WC

* WDS (Wireless Distribution System):

WAP<--Ethernet-->
/|\
/ | \
WC WC WDS
/|\
/ | \
WC WC WC

* Wireless Point-To-Point Bridge (to which WLANs can be connected)

Ethernet<-->WPTPB----------WPTPB<-->Ethernet


>| 2. Be specific about what you're trying to do in network terms. We can
>| tell you what gear you need once we know *exactly* what you're trying to
>| do.
>
>I'd rather have documentation that makes it clear to figure this out on
>my own. I want to know that there was something I SHOULD have read to
>have made the correct purchase, ... or that no such thing yet exists.

Read Wikipedia and the wikis below. Lots of helpful links.

The problem is that you're trying to do something beyond normal consumer
networking, so it's inevitably going to get complicated if you're not
willing to pay (or beg) an expert to do it for you.

You should decide whether you want to (a) debate terminology or (b) get
your network working. I'm happy to help with (b), but don't really have
the time for (a).

--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>