If your budget is $100 the WET-11 really is not a bad buy for the money. I've been running one for over a year and yes it does hang up on occassion (twice for me) but you only need to power cycle it and its up running again. You don't have to adjust the settings.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Knight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:26 AM > To: Tony Spencer > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] bridging help > > 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
