On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:04:48 GMT, "Herman"
<whitehousemadhouse-2005@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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>"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:7djvq219du4p4opd2da47adi6gjf52c2du@4ax.com.. .
>>I am interested in purchasing a Wireless Ethernet Bridge.
>>
>> I want to use it with a free WiFi source (not my own).
>> I want to be able to connect a computer and an ATA - though I don't
>> mind using an additional router if necessary to get more LAN outputs.
>>
>> I have looked at various makes/models on the Net.
>> I was interested in the high power Buffalo, it had many glowing
>> reports on amazon.com but, on another site reviews gave it an equal
>> 'thumbs down' - that made me rather suspicious of amazon.com.
>> The only one that seems to get reasonable reviews, except for comments
>> on the difficulty of setting it up and it getting rather hot, is an
>> SMC model
>> (SMCWEBT-G 2.4GHz 108 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Bridge)
>>
>> Any suggestions to suit my application?
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>Fritzbox 7050 can do bridging, but I can't comment on reliability of the
>connection, as I haven't used this. WLAN seems to work as you would expect
>with ecryption etc.
That is veeeeery interesting. I was consiedering buying a Fritzbox
anyway. Do you mean that I could simply use a Fritzbox and the VoIP
would work 'as is' without the use of an Ethernet Bridge?

Having said that I will have to make a good receiving aerial, probably
use a small, portable dish, so I won't be able to have the antenna
lead to long.

I did, originally, have the idea of using a WiFi USB dongle at the
antenna end, actually in the dish. I would then need some form of
converter from USB to ethernet. I am not so confident that that would
work, though it would be ideal if it would, but I might have some
muddled thinking there.
Anyone got any thoughts on that ?

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