Transparent bridge mode

If I use two waps in transparent bridge mode to connect two buildings
and at each end I have switches that are 802.1x, vlan and qos capable do
the waps need to understand 802.1x, vlan & qos or are they truly
transparent as though they were just a cable connecting the two
switches?

These are the bridges I am looking at:-

Repeatit SU-2410b/g Outdoor 802.11b/g Bridge Kit

http://www.wifigear.co.uk//images/So...iber+units.pdf

This is a question best directed at the manufacturer to see how their
device handles packets. That being said, as long as the packets are not
manipulated, the bridges do not need to know any other information
other than to send it in one port and out the other.

There is one caveaut to this, though. If you wish to be able to manage
the device from the network, or pass any data to/from the device
specifically, you must enable the proper protocols.

Hope that was helpful.

Chris

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:09:52 -0000, jas0n <no@thank.you> wrote in
<MPG.1fd9832f1c3bcd50989687@news.gradwell.net>:

>If I use two waps in transparent bridge mode to connect two buildings
>and at each end I have switches that are 802.1x, vlan and qos capable do
>the waps need to understand 802.1x, vlan & qos or are they truly
>transparent as though they were just a cable connecting the two
>switches?
>
>These are the bridges I am looking at:-
>
>Repeatit SU-2410b/g Outdoor 802.11b/g Bridge Kit
>
>http://www.wifigear.co.uk//images/So...iber+units.pdf

If they are true bridges, anything should work over them.

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In article <iemvm2p0dqq86oi8qi3oj9b15gt6tj4h6e@4ax.com>, spamfilter0
@navasgroup.com says...
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:09:52 -0000, jas0n <no@thank.you> wrote in
> <MPG.1fd9832f1c3bcd50989687@news.gradwell.net>:
>
> >If I use two waps in transparent bridge mode to connect two buildings
> >and at each end I have switches that are 802.1x, vlan and qos capable do
> >the waps need to understand 802.1x, vlan & qos or are they truly
> >transparent as though they were just a cable connecting the two
> >switches?
> >
> >These are the bridges I am looking at:-
> >
> >Repeatit SU-2410b/g Outdoor 802.11b/g Bridge Kit
> >
> >http://www.wifigear.co.uk//images/So...iber+units.pdf
>
> If they are true bridges, anything should work over them.
>
>

Well, appears now a standard wireless link is not going to be enough,
approx 30 desktop/laptops are now going to be sited in this seperate
building, half of them requiring access to the file servers/domain
controller - the other half a guest network for contractors with plain
internet access.

So, now looking at an optical wireless bridge using free space optics,
something along the lines of laserbit pinto which will give 100Mbps full
duplex.

Anyone have experience of this technology?

http://www.universalnetworks.co.uk/wireless_main.html?
gclid=COWtmcis8ogCFR1UZwod_SzJqw

I'll still need to clarify this true transparent bridge as im planning
on putting in a 802.1x automatic vlan setup where domain computers drop
to one vlan and any others drop onto the guest vlan.

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:53:07 -0000, jas0n <no@thank.you> wrote in
<MPG.1fdad0c12aaf882e989688@news.gradwell.net>:

>In article <iemvm2p0dqq86oi8qi3oj9b15gt6tj4h6e@4ax.com>, spamfilter0
>@navasgroup.com says...
>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:09:52 -0000, jas0n <no@thank.you> wrote in
>> <MPG.1fd9832f1c3bcd50989687@news.gradwell.net>:
>>
>> >If I use two waps in transparent bridge mode to connect two buildings
>> >and at each end I have switches that are 802.1x, vlan and qos capable do
>> >the waps need to understand 802.1x, vlan & qos or are they truly
>> >transparent as though they were just a cable connecting the two
>> >switches?
>> >
>> >These are the bridges I am looking at:-
>> >
>> >Repeatit SU-2410b/g Outdoor 802.11b/g Bridge Kit
>> >
>> >http://www.wifigear.co.uk//images/So...iber+units.pdf
>>
>> If they are true bridges, anything should work over them.

>Well, appears now a standard wireless link is not going to be enough,
>approx 30 desktop/laptops are now going to be sited in this seperate
>building, half of them requiring access to the file servers/domain
>controller - the other half a guest network for contractors with plain
>internet access.

Given proper antennas to ensure a fast link speed, Wi-Fi (which can be
much faster than a T1 or DS2 connection) should be able to handle 30
computers.

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