On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:34:06 +0100, "Swann" <swann@tempsperdu.fr> wrote
in <ejetvf$9ac$1@registered.motzarella.org>:

>"Axel Hammerschmidt" <hlexa@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
>news:1hotiys.fml8rmyec61cN%hlexa@hotmail.com...
>>
>>> a) buy an access point, they have a D-Link at about EUR 40.00, and
>>> configure
>>> it as an extender for my "router-configured-as-an-ap" :)
>>
>> The D-Link model DWL-G700AP is a reasonably priced access point that can
>> be configured to act as a repeater - when the firmware has been updated
>> to v2.1. It repeats the wireless signal here from my Trendnet
>> TEW-510APB. Works with WPA-PSK encryption.
>
>how about the "half bandwidth" stuff?

Any simple repeater will cut wireless network speed in half because
there can be only one wireless transmission at a time. So instead of:

Transmit packet 1
Transmit packet 2
Transmit packet 3
Transmit packet 4
...
You have:

Transmit packet 1
Repeat packet 1
Transmit packet 2
Repeat packet 2
...

>>> b) buy a proper extender, the only one they have at the shop is a D-Link
>>> that costs about EUR 99.00.
>>
>> Would that be the DWL-G710 Extender? They cost twice as much as the
>> G700.
>>
>> What's the difference between a repeater and an extender?
>
>beats the hell out of me... guess it's just the same thing...

Instead of a simple repeater you can use a wireless Ethernet bridge
(that can support enough clients) cabled to a wireless access point on a
different non-overlapping channel; i.e.,

+--------------+
| |
| DSL Modem |
| |
+------|-------+
|
+------|-------+ +--------------+
| | | Wi-Fi |
| Wi-Fi Router ............... Ethernet |
| | Chan 1 | Bridge |
+--------------+ +------|-------+
|
+------|-------+
| |
| Wi-Fi AP ...........
| | Chan 6
+--------------+

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