cliveb;176874 Wrote: > Now this is very interesting. I have just one wireless device (a > laptop). At the moment, I've got an old 11b WAP that only supports WEP > encryption. So maybe I could press the Transporter into service as a > WPA-capable 11g "access point" instead.
Yes you can. Note that this is a different mode of operation for 802.11 called "ad-hoc" (peer to peer) and explicity does NOT involve an access point. > > The problem is that as far as I can tell, you can only switch on > wireless bridging when the Transporter is connected to a wireless > network. How does one switch on bridging when it's connected via > ethernet? By definition, if you are bridging it means you are connected to _both_ interfaces. This was one of the key points made in that other thread - that the firmware doesn't have any notion of which interface is the "primary" one, and will automatically figure out whatever topology you have. Our setup menu will ask you if you want to turn on bridging when you choose to connect wirelessly, and the Squeezebox detects that you also have the ethernet port connected. The Squeezebox will not ask you if you want ad-hoc or normal mode. It will automatically try both. However, on the PC side you probably have to explicitly tell it to use ad-hoc. You will need to manually enter the same SSID on both sides. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32361 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
