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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking Uncle Bully <wakeupcall@optushome.com.au.remove> wrote:
> "eug k" <wired_au@change-this-to-ho.tmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cag7u2$37l$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
>> hi!
>>
>> Can a Linksys 802.11G AP in repeater mode repeat a
>> repeated signal?
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> [AP] <---> [repeater] <---> [repeater] <---> [client]
>>
>> i'd assume the speed would be halved once again if
>> it's possible...
> 
> If it halved then it wouldn't be a repeater would it. The whole purpose of
> a repeater is to pick up a weak signal and repeat it at full power.

that is how a normal FDM-based [normally] passive repeater works. Receive the
RF signal, amplify it, and retransmit it at full power... no processing done.

wifi repeaters are active and TDM-based, which means that half the time
it's receiving and half the time it's transmitting on the same freq ranges
because there's only one transceiver. it stores the data after receiving,
and forwards it in the next frame. So the net result is, your speed is 
halved.

(fdm = frequency division multiplexing, tdm = time division multiplexing)


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