WET-11's are quite unreliable, especially in situations that have marginal connectivity. I would recommend Senao/Engenius CB-3s instead.
Bob On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Tony Spencer wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:48:57 -0500 > From: Tony Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] bridging help > > Linksys WET-11 does the trick and is about $100 > http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=22&prid=432 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wright > > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:55 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [BAWUG] bridging help > > > > Howdy, > > > > I apologize for asking about something so simple. I am up > > against a time crunch. > > > > I have a client who wants to extend his home network > > connection from his downstairs office to his wife's upstairs > > office. Wiring in their home is pretty shoddy. He already > > has a Linksys WRT54G on his DSL. > > > > He has a lot of resistance to wireless. He has seen wireless > > connections that are not reliable even a few feet away and he > > broke his first and only laptop card shortly after getting > > it. I can't convince him to get a simple wireless adapter > > for her computer. > > > > I had planned on doing HomePNA but for a number of reasons > > that didn't work. I really don't think he will go for a > > client adapter. That would be my choice. If it were up to > > me I would use a USB client adapter, but I tried to sell the > > idea and got nowhere. I did get him to go for the idea of a > > bridge for the upstairs office. > > > > I googled and found plenty of references to WRT54Gs doing > > WDS. I figure if you can do WDS you must be able to bridge, > > right? Now that I have one for him I am only finding sites > > that are using hacked firmware. While I do that sort of > > thing in my own network I don't want to put in a kludge for a > > twice a year client who lives an hour away. > > > > So what do I do now? I am supposed to set this up tomorrow. > > Whatever I need will have to be available at Fry's (or > > another local store.) Does anyone know a good and cheap > > bridge that I can buy locally in Palo Alto/Menlo Park? I'm > > annoyed that bridges cost so much more than routers. > > That seems wrong. Has anyone used the Netear WEG101? What > > about using the Linksys Wireless-G game adapter (WGA54G.) I > > saw posts saying people couldn't get it to work but I don't see why. > > > > I'm really just looking for a media converter to go from 10bT > > to Wi-Fi. > > Does such a thing exist for less than $100? > > > > How can I get a WRT54G to be a plain old bridge? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Dan > > -- > > 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
