Wireless-to-Ethernet bridge devices can be used for this purpose. You can typically do this by setting up a wireless access point at the "main" location and using a wireless bridge device to "remote" location to tie the networks together.
I've seen alot of people use Trango gear for this purpose. Trango runs in the 5.8 Ghz range and uses proprietary encryption methods, so the upside is that it is more secure and the downside is you can only use their gear (gonna cost about $1500 for the AP+Subscriber unit).
Another option would be smartBridge gear (www.smartbridges.com). All 802.11b compliant stuff. The have an outdoor wireless-to-ethernet bridge with integrated antenna that will cost around $300.
Hope this helps. If you need more specific information please let me know.
Happy Holidays,
Rob
At 01:12 AM 12/31/2003 -0800, you wrote:
I read some contributions to BAWUG, awhile back, about bridging with Airports. I didn't understand much (not that the explanation was lacking; my understanding is...), so I thought I'd ask if anyone could help me figure out what to do.
I want to get DSL access from a network nearby to my office. Both are 10/100baseT networks. I have 2 airports (Graphite and Snow), and a LinkSys BESR41 router that are available for use in this scenario.
I want to have the Graphite Airport do simple Ethernet-to-wireless translation, and the Snow Airport to do the inverse translation as well as DHCP, NAT, and PPoE duties for my LAN.
Is this possible? Some people I ask say things like if I assign identical SSIDs, WEP pw's, and MAC addresses for the connected computers, but assign unique channels to each Airport, it should work. I have such little experience (and a bit more understanding) that it's not gonna happen without a bit more understanding (on my part) and instruction (on some generous soul's part).
Any comments or suggestions anyone has pull from the collective experience would be greatly appreciated.
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