On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 08:15 -0700, Mark Nash wrote: >> 2. The "ethernet bypass capability"... What's the application for this? > > This just means that when the router loses power (for whatever reason), > there is a pair of ports that will still pass ethernet traffic. This > would be useful in the case where you have another device that (or pair > of devices) that may not rely on the same power source. I have not seen > a good example of where this will be useful in any WISP/tower > configuration, though I am certain there may be some out there. >
It can be useful if you are using the device as a transparent bandwidth manager. Then when the device needs to be powered down, for whatever reason, then traffic will still flow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
