But can an LRP box with the pcmcia software and the proper modules become an AP? Right now, I have it as an interface on my router, on a different subnet from the wired lan. I now Know I could enable bridging on it, but my setup works and it's happy. ;) On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:29:18PM -0500, Unger, Larry G scribbled: > > Take a look at ... http://www.wi-fi.com/downloads/IEEE_80211_Primer.pdf ... > > That is helpful and explains another feature of an AP that > differentiates it from a plain ethernet-to-wireless bridge: > > > In most instances, the BSS contains an Access Point (AP). > > The main function of an AP is to form a bridge between > > wireless and wired LANs. The AP is analogous to a > > basestation used in cellular phone networks. When an AP > > is present, stations do not communicate on a peer-to-peer > > basis. All communications between stations or between a > > station and a wired network client go through the AP. > > AP�s are not mobile, and form part of the wired network > > infrastructure. A BSS in this configuration is said to > > be operating in the infrastructure mode. > > > Roaming: > > Roaming is perhaps the least defined feature among those > > discussed in this article. The standard does identify the > > basic message formats to support roaming, but everything > > else is left up to network vendors. In order to fill the > > void, the Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) was jointly > > developed by Aironet, Lucent Technologies, and Digital > > Ocean. Among other things, IAPP extends multi-vendor > > interoperability to the roaming function. It addresses > > roaming within a single ESS and between two or more ESSs. > > [reprinted without permission] > > So, an AP is the _only_ machine to which a client talks, > it does not talk to other clients on it's LAN. Also, APs > use IAPP to allow roaming, which a regular bridge would > be incapable of. > > Additionally, before this discussion found it's way to > the LRP list, it was said that communications between > client and AP are not allowed to be picked up by other > clients, protected with a password-like name [and some > sort of encryption?]. > > An AP is at least those functions in addition to a bridge. > > > Larry > -- > rick -- A mind is like a parachute... it only works when it's open. > > ICQ# 1590117 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) > Help with LRP: http://lrp.c0wz.com Home page: http://www.c0wz.com > > _______________________________________________ > linux-router maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linuxrouter.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-router > _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
