Re: Good wireless bridge?

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From: John R Pierce
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 01:22

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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:17:14 -0700, Philip J. Koenig
<See_email_@ddress_below.This_one_is.invalid> wrote:

>
>Since WiFi AP's these days tend to be more expensive than WiFi
>routers, and because (according to Jeff Liebermann) most WiFi
>routers have an undocumented "AP" mode which can be used simply
>by plugging an ethernet cable into the LAN side and leaving the
>WAN side unconnected, you may want to consider that direction 
>if price is an issue.

Most routers do NOT support client mode, however, which is needed for the
far end of a bridge, at least not without doing custom linux firmware
hacking or whatever.

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