On 13 Nov 2006 13:51:41 -0800, "getwilde" <getwilde@gmail.com> wrote in
<1163454701.653775.71160@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>:

>I've climbed mountains, pulled elevation plots, dug 200+ feet of
>trench, run power and cable, employed step-up and step-down
>tranformers, bought and built antennas, erected tripods/towers, and
>more, all in a quest for high-speed Internet at my home, in the
>mountains, on a shoestring budget.
>
>Yet, here I am struggling with the part of the project that I expected
>to be the easiest. I am trying to figure out how to configure my four
>existing pieces of equipment to pass a signal over 2 miles in a
>"point-to-point-to-point" network (two point-to-points, or a
>point-to-point with an active repeater in the middle, however you look
>at it).
>
>I have these 4 pieces of equipment:
>1. ActionTec combo DSL Modem & Wireless AP
>2. LinkSys WET11 v1
>3. LinkSys BEFW11S4 v4
>4. Cheap CompUSA wireless/4port router
>
>Here's the configuration:
>1. Internet...
>
>2. ActionTec combo DSL modem/wireless AP ... located at home of my
>nearest neighbor
>
> (((... wirelessly beamed 1.8 miles to... )))
>
>3. WET11 v1 on a mountain peak
>
> ---- connected via ethernet cable, back-to-back, to ----
>
>4. BEFW11S4 v4 on same mountain peak
>
> (((... wirelessly beamed 0.33 miles to... )))
>
>5. CompUSA router... in my home
>
> ---- ...connected via ethernet cables to... ----
>
>6. Multiple PCs in my home.
>
>So, #3 & #4 above are meant to be the wireless repeater on the mtn
>peak. Each of these four pieces of equipment is attached to its own
>parabolic or sector antenna. I've managed to pick up signals from the
>various pieces independently (2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5), but not all
>together yet.
>
>What I'm struggling to figure out is:
>1. Which of these four pieces should be set up to act as the AP?

#2 and #4

>2. Can #3 and #4 be connected back-to-back to form an active repeater?
>(I'm hoping to avoid the issue of throughput being cut in half by using
>two radios)

Yes. Use different channels.

>3. Can multiple boxes be configured as access points?

Yes.

>(Doesn't the
>CompUSA router need to be an AP in order to service the PCs in my home?

No, and that's your problem -- you need a wireless Ethernet client (like
the WET11) in your home.

> Meanwhile, doesn't one of the two devices on the peak need to be an AP
>in order to act as a repeater?) If so, how?

Configure the BEFW11S4 as an AP as described in the How To wiki below.

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