Regarding dan's post - I think he meant WGB-350 - I use these in external weatherproof boxes (modified for POE) to run 14+ mile links back to AP350s. The AP350s will figure out the wireless routing among their points, but as Dan had said, they won't drive the wired (cat-5) jack when used this way, so the WGB-350 or a network card becomes the end node product. The only limitation of the WGB-350 is that it does not handle more than 8 mac addresses in it's table (above that you need to buy their "building to building" bridge series). If you attach a router to the wireless bridge, you can get by with the least capable models from Orinoco, which only handle 1 MAC address. Essentially the number of MACs handled reflects the price of the bridge products.
There is a subtle advantage to using cisco's hardware (and I've tested a wide range of mfgr's products) - the aironet/350 series is much more sensitive on the rx side and more immune to adjacent channel power problems. Compared to the inexpensive 802.11 brands, it can have as much as a 10 dB advantage on the receive end. The transmitters are all pretty much honest at 30 or 100 (and now 200) mw, but a link with 10x improvement in receive sensitivity can make the difference in a working connection or nothing but a fustrating day pointing antennas. A good tip when buying these for this application is get the single antenna, permanently attached version of the wgb-350 (i.e. the cheapest), then open it up, crack open the antenna (just the end of the rg-174 coax) and attach a BNC or other favorite connector, and install a dc/dc converter for the +5VDC they want so you can use POE - this sealed in a box can be mounted within 1-2 feet of the outdoor antenna and totally eliminate long coax runs. A few companies have made integrated versions of what I described, but they are typically had at a cost premium, and don't offer the cisco/aironet performance. Everett > > You can use a 350 AP and a 350 WBR to bridge 2 lans. This is with the AP in > AP mode and the bridge acting like a client that proxy arps (I think used > proxy arp, can't remember). The AP will has options for client and repeater > modes but in both of these modes it will not forward packets to the wired > interface. This is so Cisco can sell more gear and so people buy their > bridges instead (not to be confused with the Workgroup bridges). The > bridges only talk to other bridges and cost alot more. There's also rumors > of the window sizes adjusted so long range links can not be achieved using > the AP's but I'm sending this email via a link that is 3.9 miles using a 340 > AP and a LMC-352 card in a FBSD machine and I know of longer ones that work > just fine too. > > Dan. > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0700, Greg DesBrisay wrote: > > > > No (but a Cisco Aironet 350 Bridge can be used as an access point!). > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 17:36, Loren Zemenick wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the AP can be used in bridge mode? > > > I have a Cisco Aironet 350 (model AIR-AP352E2R-A-K9) and want to connect two > > > LANs with a wireless link. Can it be used as a bridge with any of the other > > > Aironet 350 models such as another access point (model AIR-AP352E2R-A-K9), > > > workgroup bridge (model AIR-WGB352R), or wireless bridge (AIR-BR350-A-K9)? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Loren > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
