Am Dienstag, 25. Mai 2004 00:10 schrieb Hallvard Paulsen: > Hello all, > > I just came over some interesting linksys products. They are called > "Wireless Ethernet Bridge". > <http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=603&scid=36> > According to the info on this page: > > "It's completely driver-free, so it works on any platform and under any > operating system! Since there's no drivers to load, setup is a snap -- > configure the network settings through your PC's web browser, then plug it > into your device and go. And physical installation is simplified by support > for Power Over Ethernet. With an optional POE Adapter, you can mount the > Bridge wherever you want -- power and data are both supplied through the > Category 5 Ethernet cable." > > This makes me thinking: If I connect one of these to my LTSP server, and > another to my VIA EDEN based thin client, would I be able to use a > compleatly standard setup as if I was on standard Ethernet?
I didn't try this, but as they sell this as "ethernet bridge", it should transport broadcast messages as well (like DHCP), so it should work. You should be aware of the fact that those devices must have an IP address (each) for configuration access. Some cannot however get their IP address over the wireless connection, in which case you would have to give them fixed addresses. Be sure to write them onto the device (speaking from experience). Further you could face the fact that they tend to sending DHCP requests for three different devices (per box). I had that problem with a dlink access point which wouldn't run unless assigned three addresses with DHCP - no problem in manual config though. I'm still wondering if wireless will sometime be as stable as CAT5 cabled networking. Regards Anselm ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
