Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:

> hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel Hammerschmidt) hath wroth:
>
> >It worked as both a repeater and client simultaneously for a time -
> >until the browser in the laptops (Powerbook and Thinkpad) both were
> >pointed to Google. Then I lost the connection on the PB and the TP got
> >locked onto the access point that the repeater was supposed to repeat,
> >instead of the repeater itself. Scanning with the TP didn't work as it
> >should. The lappies and the DWL-G700AP were on the same desk. I'll try
> >it again and have the equipment spread out more.
>
> That's the difference between a "transparent bridge" and "client
> bridge (or whatever)". The transparent bridge will bridge more than
> one MAC address. The typical client bridge will only do one. John
> Navas went through and obtained a list of bridges and whether they
> will pass more than 1 IP:
> <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi#Wireless_Ethernet_Bridges>
> No clue what the DWL-G700AP is doing.

Tried it again. Adsl-modem - router with DHCP server - access point
(Trendnet TEW-510APB, 802.11a/b/g, WPA-PSK) in one end of the house. The
D-Link DWL-G700AP (H/W B1, f/w 2.1, WPA-PSK) set up as a repeater in the
other end of the house.

Connected a Powerbook (OS X 10.3.9) to the DWL-G700AP with a cable. The
PB got an ip-address from the router.

Connected a Thinkpad (W2K, Philips SNN6500 802.11a/b/g PC Card, WPA-PSK)
in the next room to the DWL-G700AP by wireless. The Philips client
software shows the MAC address as well as the SSID. The TP also got an
ip-address from the router. It took two tries - I think that was because
there wasn't a saved configuration profile for the repeater in the
client setup.

Surfed on both for about 10 minutes.

I'll try again later and have a look in logs of the TEW-510APB and
DWL-G700AP and see what it says about connected MAC addresses.

I will also try long enough for a re-keying in WPA-PSK.

> >But still, also being able to use the DWL-G700AP as a client is an
> >improvement. I've seen that the shops here are selling D-Link's DWL-G710
> >Extender - at almost twice the price. Maybe that model has improved WDS
> >features?
>
> Well, the 1.00 firmware on the emulator shows no sign of WDS.
> The US data sheet is the same:
> <http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=357>
> I'm fairly sure it's not WDS because the PDF data sheet says:
> "The DWL-G710 is capable of repeating the wireless signal
> from virtually all routers and access points on the market
> today".
> I wonder if this is a "virtual" feature.

Because it doesn't state specifically that WDS is supported?

As far as I can tell, the DWL-G710 is a repeater/extender only. It has
no access point or wireless client (game adapter) function.

<snip>

> Looks like there's already some action in Germany against Dlink for
> their NAS products:
> <http://gpl-violations.org/news/20060922-dlink-judgement_frankfurt.html>

Very interesting!