John Navas wrote:
> For what you are trying to do, these 5 boxes are the conventional, most
> common, most correct setup.
>
> +--------+ +--------+
> | Wi-Fi +--+ Wi-Fi |
> .....+ Bridge | | AP +....
> : +--------+ +--------+ :
> : :
> : :
> : :
> +-----------+----+ +---+----+ +--------+
> | DSL : Wi-Fi | | Wi-Fi +--+ Wi-Fi |
> | Modem : AP | | Bridge | | Router +...
> +----------------+ +--------+ +--------+

Well, that's fortunate. Prior to posting here, I'd searched for hours,
but never got a complete answer. Just kind of pieced together what I
could. (And missed a few parts, but you set me straight.) Thank you
again for the helpful information.

> But for the distance, which will require directional high-gain
antennas,
> you could use WDS repeater mode, thereby replacing each pair of devices
> with a single device.

Yup, I've managed to collect a couple of Primestar dishes and have
built bi-quad feeds for each dish, based on designs I found online.
So, I have ~28dbi antennas on each end of the 1.8 mile link (which
would be overkill for that relatively short distance, except that I
don't have perfect line-of-sight and need the additional signal
strength.) And I have simple stand-alone bi-quads (~12 dbi) for each
end of the .3 mile link.

In addition, the WET11 that I plan to place on the peak is a Ver1, and
I've replaced the stock PCMCIA card with a spare Senao NL-2511CD+EXT2
card (again based on instructions I found online.) This further boosts
my transfer strength and receive sensitivity across that 1.8 miles
between the Modem+AP and the peak.

I've been hoping to avoid WDS repeaters if possible. My understanding
is that throughput is halved with each WDS repeater used, because it
uses a single radio to transmit and receive, and radios can't do both
at the same time. So, since I already have the gear, I'll go with the
"Bridge back-to-back with AP" that you suggest above. (If it's useful
to anyone else, an alternative which I've heard works excellent for a
repeater site is RouterBoard RB112 with two miniPCI radios in it.
Approx $200 solution which is probably more reliable than these
off-the-shelf devices that I'm going to try to use. If these don't
work, that's probably my next purchase. :)

I imagine that even with the additional boxes (radios) and associated
overhead, I should get better response times and transfer speeds than I
would if I were to employ WDS. At least, I hope so.