My goal: get a couple of AirPort base stations talking to each other (bridging, basically).
I'm told that out-of-the-box, an AirPort (non-Extreme model) base station can't talk to another base station. I'm told that in order to get these two base stations talking, one has to come out of Base Station mode and into Client mode, and only a firmware written for such a specific function (ie, KarlNet's products) can help me.
But the thing that's causing my confusion is this: the heart of the AirPort base station is basically a Lucent WaveLAN Silver 802.11b PCMCIA card. Which can (indeed, it's original purpose is to) communicate with a base station.
So what we have is a wireless card, when installed in a base station enclosure, can't communicate with another base station. But when it is installed in a laptop's PCMCIA card slot, can communicate with a base station.
Does this logic seem non-linear to anyone else?
Looking for someone to clear up my confusion. Volunteers?
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