On 22 Jul 2006 22:52:43 GMT, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote in
<e9ua7r1113o@news4.newsguy.com>:

>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:55:06 GMT John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>| * WDS (Wireless Distribution System):
>|
>| WAP<--Ethernet-->
>| /|\
>| / | \
>| WC WC WDS
>| /|\
>| / | \
>| WC WC WC
>
>Would this work?
>
> ____WDS____
> / | \
> / | \
> WAP WAP WAP
> /|\ /|\ /|\
> / | \ / | \ / | \
> WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC
>
>Or would it have to be more like this?
>
> WDS-WDS-WDS
> / | \
> / | \
> WAP WAP WAP
> /|\ /|\ /|\
> / | \ / | \ / | \
> WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC

WDS is simply a WAP repeater for connections by wireless *clients* (WC),
so it will only work in the kind of topology I described. Think of WDS
as a kind of WAP.

>| * Wireless Point-To-Point Bridge (to which WLANs can be connected)
>|
>| Ethernet<-->WPTPB----------WPTPB<-->Ethernet
>
>Any known models of this that exist?

Sure. Already posted some. The easy ways are:

Ethernet<-->WAP----------WCB<-->Ethernet

or

Ethernet<-->WCB----------WAP<-->Ethernet

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