Some of the ZCom products do this. We have a number of the XWL411's that work quite well for this. They are only 2 Mbit, but we regularly download to a client computer at ~140KBytes / second while the 411 is in APR (Repeater Mode). They also have regular AP modes and a non-802.11 PtP and PtMP Bridge modes.
http://www.zcomax.com/htm/802.11.htm The 450's also do this, but they don't have the same RAM / CPU of the 411's, so they're not as fast. The 411's really are a Single Board Computer with a 486-100 CPU and a 72 Pin SIMM and PC Radio card in a slot. But I digress. These ZCom products work as a single unit repeater / AP / Bridge. 8^) - Todd Chamberlain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg DesBrisay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Freddy Kristiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:43 PM Subject: Re: SV: [BAWUG] RE: Looking to extend 802.11b network 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 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
