I am confused about something (well, actually about many things, but...). Bob Cringley made wireless fame by describing in his column how he accomplished what I am attempting by using two AirPort base stations and a couple of home-built hi-gain antennas.
Regardless what you think about the extent of BC's claims, I am confused about the basic premise. I thought two base stations won't talk to each other. I thought that if you want to make a link (bridge) between two points, you have two choices:
- use a hi-gain antenna on a base station and a hi-gain antenna cabled directly to the remote computer's wireless card
- use two wireless bridge/routers with hi-gain antennas
Could someone help me at least get the premise straight? Can two base stations be used to connect remote segments of a network? I presume that Cringley had some level of success with this configuration.
I know that buying and implementing bridges will do the job, but I want to know if using two *base stations* (which I actually own) will work.
What about BC's bridge?
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