Re: Short wireless link. On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:20:57 GMT, "Adair Witner" <buhbear007@mail.com>
wrote in <ZOUGh.1447$8i6.832@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>:
>"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>> Two Buffalo's with DD-WRT is a good way to setup a point-to-point
>> wireless link.
>
>After I posted this, that's what I got to thinking and are half the cost of
>the WAP54G's.
>I can configure them for WDS and setup WEP (or can I use WPA in WDS?) plug
>in my ethernet cables and go.
>The link is only going to be about 100' long and I have found out is to run
>some climent control equipment.
Don't use WEP (ever, especially for a business) -- DD-WRT supports WPA
for WDS.
Personally, I'd go with 3 Buffalo's, so I wouldn't have to use WDS --
the 3rd would be an access point (on a different minimally-overlapping
channel) connected to the (remote) point-to-point client.
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