Freddy, Thanks, now I see what you're talking about. I guess when I think of 802.11 repeaters, same-frequency store-and-forward repeating comes to mind. For example, the Cisco Aironet APs can act as repeaters, receiving and storing packets, and then repeating them on the same frequency.
(Does anyone know if other manufacturer's APs can do store-and-forward, same-frequency repeating?) The approach you describe is nice if you need the throughput of course, and it's one I've used for multi-hop bridging links. Same-frequency repeating cuts the throughput in half since each packet is sent twice on the same frequency, but uses half the hardware. So if I don't need the full bandwidth of an 802.11 link--if the ultimate destination is a 300-kbps DSL line, for example--or if I'm trying to keep costs down, then I use the same-frequency repeater approach. Cheers, Greg On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:20, Freddy Kristiansen wrote: > AP number 1 running channel 1 - communicates with client AP running channel > 1 which is connected with AP number 2 with a twisted pair cable. AP number > two should run channel 6 so it doesn't interact with AP number 1. > AP number 2 - communicates with a second client AP running channel 6 > etc..... > > With Firmware version 1.1 - this works ! > Firmware 1.01F doesn't work > > Any wireless client running infrastructure will select the best signal and > change between channel 1 and 6 when you move past them........ > > /Freddy > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]P� vegne af Greg DesBrisay > Sendt: 22. januar 2003 19:26 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: [BAWUG] RE: Looking to extend 802.11b network > > > > > Don't repeaters have to be on the same frequency as the signals they are > repeating? > > Greg > > > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 06:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Also you would want to run different channels 1 - 6 - 11 - 1 - 6 - 11 the > > further out you go. > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
