Re: Wireless Bridge?

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:23:09 GMT, Spender <Spender@Mars.org> wrote in
<nf5ef2t61br3307eospimft3pk9vsi8n7v@news.easynews. com>:

>I hope someone can help me with an interior decorating problem. ;)
>
>My new apartment has the cable outlet in an odd place, and it looks like
>the cable provider won't be able to move it. Because of the setup, that is
>where the television will go.
>
>So I need to set up my desk and computers on the opposite wall. I'd rather
>not run 50 ft. of cable around the perimeter of the room, and across two
>main walkways.

How about:
* Under the carpet (with special cable)
* Behind the baseboards

>I currently have:
>
>Motorola SB5100 Cable Modem
>Linksys BEFSR41 Router
>Linksys 5 port Gigabit Switch
>4 systems with gigabit ethernet cards, and 1 notebook I've been using with
>ethernet.
>
>Obviously I don't want to go wireless on each system since that would
>defeat the purpose of the gigabit network.
>
>Can I bridge two WAP's so that I can have the modem and one WAP connected
>to the cable jack, and another WAP connected to the router? The internet
>connection is only 5 Mb/s, so good WAP's should mean that I would notice no
>degradation in speed.

What you want is:
* Cable Modem connected to the WAN port of a Wireless Access Point (WAP)
or of a Wireless Router configured as an Access Point.
* Wireless Client Bridge connected to the WAN port of the Wired Router.

>I've worked with WAP's before (I have a Linksys WAP sitting in a box
>somewhere that I've had no use for lately), but never bridging them, so I
>might not even understand what it means. For instance, if the WAP's are
>bridged can I ever connect the notebook via wireless?
>
>If anyone has any suggestions on how to solve my problem with no loss in
>speed I would appreciate it.

You can't bridge with two WAPs -- they won't talk to each other -- you
need a Wireless Client Bridge (also known as Wireless Ethernet Bridge).

--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

<snip>

>
> You can't bridge with two WAPs -- they won't talk to each other -- you
> need a Wireless Client Bridge (also known as Wireless Ethernet Bridge).
>

So can you please explain to me what this means

"When set to "Access Point Client", "Wireless Bridge" or "Wireless
Bridge - Point to MultiPoint" mode, the device will only communicate
with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6,WAP 11,WAP54G,WAP55AG,WRT54G or WRT55AG."

This is in the setup of my WAP11

David wrote:

> "When set to "Access Point Client", "Wireless Bridge" or "Wireless
> Bridge - Point to MultiPoint" mode, the device will only communicate
> with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6,WAP 11,WAP54G,WAP55AG,WRT54G or WRT55AG."
>
> This is in the setup of my WAP11


This is what my WAP11 says too on the main setup page. But try as I
may, entering MAC addresses, I cannot get it to act as a client or
repeater for my WRT54G.

Is there anybody out there that has had success bridging or using the
WAP11 as a client?

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:36:11 -0700, David <youcantoo@findmoore.net>
wrote in <rrCdnVP8Z7t2f2rZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@centurytel.net >:

><snip>
>
>> You can't bridge with two WAPs -- they won't talk to each other -- you
>> need a Wireless Client Bridge (also known as Wireless Ethernet Bridge).
>
>So can you please explain to me what this means
>
>"When set to "Access Point Client", "Wireless Bridge" or "Wireless
>Bridge - Point to MultiPoint" mode, the device will only communicate
>with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6,WAP 11,WAP54G,WAP55AG,WRT54G or WRT55AG."
>
>This is in the setup of my WAP11

The WAP11 does have a proprietary client bridge mode. Many other
wireless access points don't have any sort of client bridge mode.

--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

John Navas wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:36:11 -0700, David <youcantoo@findmoore.net>
> wrote in <rrCdnVP8Z7t2f2rZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@centurytel.net >:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> You can't bridge with two WAPs -- they won't talk to each other -- you
>>> need a Wireless Client Bridge (also known as Wireless Ethernet Bridge).
>> So can you please explain to me what this means
>>
>> "When set to "Access Point Client", "Wireless Bridge" or "Wireless
>> Bridge - Point to MultiPoint" mode, the device will only communicate
>> with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6,WAP 11,WAP54G,WAP55AG,WRT54G or WRT55AG."
>>
>> This is in the setup of my WAP11
>
> The WAP11 does have a proprietary client bridge mode. Many other
> wireless access points don't have any sort of client bridge mode.
>

Thanks I did not know that