On 4 Aug 2006 15:40:42 -0700, "pstock" <p.stock@stocknet.ca> wrote:

>can an AP communicate to a wifi router via wifi?

A pair of routers running WDS can do exactly that. Each router can
simultaneouly act as an access point (for wireless client connections)
and as a transparent bridge to talk to the other router(s). See:
| http://www.linksysinfo.org/portal/fo...ad.php?t=47118
| http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2004/0...to_wds_bridge/ (10 pages)

One catch is that traffic through two WDS bridges has it's maximum
thruput cut in half (because only one transmitter can be on the air at
a time). This is usually not a problem if you're sharing a broadband
connection where the wireless is much faster than the broadband link.
However, it might be a problem for computer to computer transfers over
the WLAN.

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