Correct, and no point in putting in high power cards either!
----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:08 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotel Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the value of enabling WDS. A client is a client, be it a Wifi card, USB card, or Wireless Ethernet adapter. Keep it simple. -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotel The idea I had in mind was if you used a MT in station-wds mode to bridge the customer's laptop. Several properties we have offer bridges so that people with no wireless cards or those who have problems with them can get online. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Jerry Richardson <jrichard...@aircloud.com>wrote: > WDS is for repeating an AP's clients through another AP. > > Since you are hardwiring each AP (best), there is no need for WDS. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:38 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotel > > Why not WDS? > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Jerry Richardson > <jrichard...@aircloud.com> wrote: > > same ssid = yes > > same channel = no. use 1, 6, 11 > > wds = no > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 2:30 PM, "Steve Barnes" <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a hotel that it takes 3 AP to cover well. I am going to use > >> 3 MT411 all wired back to a RB450 router for hotspot. I plan to set > >> all the 411 to bridged and all the same channel and SSID. Is this > >> the best way. Is there any reason to do WDS? > >> > >> Steve Barnes > >> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > >> > >> > >> --- > >> --- > >> --- > >> --- > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> --- > >> --- > >> --- > >> --- > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > > WISPA Wants You! 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