On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Manfredi, Albert E < [email protected]> wrote:
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Michael Richardson > > It's not much of an access point if it doesn't have a second interface, > > is it? If it's out at the pool, and it has no wired layer2, then it > > might well have a second radio (or a second ESSID), to relay. But, it > > might also be connected to the wired network in the pool house. > > I don't think that's the answer. It would be perfectly plausible to connect > more the 802.11 access point on the same IP subnet as the wired network, or > even more than one access point, all tied together at layer 2. > > For whatever reason, the 802.11 access points you can actually buy on the > market seem to incorporate a router. Seems really silly, when most homes > connect one of these to a cable or DSL modem, both of which are also > routers, but there you have it. You end up with a stack of private IP > address subnets. > Often you can buy an access point or a wireless router. Many wireless routers have several switched Ethernet ports and a single "WAN" Ethernet port. Just don't use the "WAN" port and you're bridged. And some wireless routers (the Apple Airport series, for example) allow you to choose the mode they run in. They will bridge just fine, if you configure them that way. Of course, for a home network, routing and bridging and trunks and multiple SSIDs etc. all need to be configured automatically to a sane state. Two switches or a router and a switch can automatically trunk if they use a L2 discovery protocol, as can and AP. That same AP can then expose the VLANs on that trunk as separate SSIDs. All of this does not seem to be covered by the existing drafts. Are we assuming someone else will do this work or are we just interested in IPv6 and up? Chris. > Bert > > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet > -- Chris Elliott [email protected] CCIE # 2013 R&S
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