At 03:41 PM 4/3/2004, Dan Lanciani wrote: >|I've been a big fan of Aironet gear, >Ditto.
Somehow I knew you'd chime in! :-) >|I'm also looking for alternatives to Cisco Aironet WGB-350 >|workgroup bridges. >Any particular reason other than cost? Probably not. The old APs and bridges sometimes go for a song on eBay, which makes them quite attractive in situations where I'd rather spend $200 than $1200. In any point-to-point situation, I don't care about WiFi compatibility. For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewitem&item=3079982589 Where an Aironet 3500 AP and WGB went for $80. 200 mW. I'm sad I missed it. I had bid, but forgot to check later. >|I see the Senao / Engenius NL-2611 CB3 Client Bridge. It claims >|200 mW but I'm guessing it's not Cisco quality on the receiver side. > >I've been assuming this as well, though I'm waiting for someone to tell >me I'm wrong. :) I've hesitated to start using $300 amplifiers everywhere, but I'm beginning to suspect that some of the dropped packets I've been seeing on parts of my network are due to the overall 2.4 GHz noise floor slowing inching up in the area. Yelling louder doesn't seem like a good solution to me, but if there were 250 mW devices, I'd probably be buying them. >Not to mention the range. Also, keep in mind that the WET-11 isn't really a >bridge at all. It plays proxy ARP games to make IP work and it may understand >other protocols (I never looked) but it can't pass arbitrary frames. It >associates as a single MAC address and frames to that MAC are the only ones >it gets. And that's what I've since been told is how the Senao NL-2611 bridges work, too. When connected to WiFi APs, they play single-MAC games just like the WET-11. I don't think there is an alternative, is there? As for what they do in their Senao-to-Senao bridge mode, I do not yet have a definitive answer. In a proprietary bridge mode, you'd think they could decrease latency, operate at 11 Mbps or better, pass pure MACs, adjust long link timings, etc. and all the other nice things about Cisco's non-WG bridges. - John _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
