802.11g repeater

I have a linksys g AP and am looking for a repeater.

At the moment, this requires a WET11G and WAP54G wired together. You
may be better off dumping the Linksys and buying a D-Link or Buffalo
product, for which comparatively inexpensive repeaters are available.

"Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a linksys g AP and am looking for a repeater.

On 12 Nov 2003 14:44:22 -0800, Uncle Ken spoketh

>At the moment, this requires a WET11G and WAP54G wired together. You
>may be better off dumping the Linksys and buying a D-Link or Buffalo
>product, for which comparatively inexpensive repeaters are available.
>

There is no "WET11G". There's a "WET11" and, there's a WET54G. Perhaps
the later would be what the OP is looking for...


Lars M. Hansen
www.hansenonline.net

But the WET series will not act as a repeater.


"Lars M. Hansen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 12 Nov 2003 14:44:22 -0800, Uncle Ken spoketh
>
> >At the moment, this requires a WET11G and WAP54G wired together. You
> >may be better off dumping the Linksys and buying a D-Link or Buffalo
> >product, for which comparatively inexpensive repeaters are available.
> >
>
> There is no "WET11G". There's a "WET11" and, there's a WET54G. Perhaps
> the later would be what the OP is looking for...
>
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> www.hansenonline.net

Not by itself. But wired to an access point, either the WET54G
(thanks, Lars for the correction) or WET11 can be used to repeat a
wireless signal. The pair is more expensive than a single device with
repeater functionality, but with two major advantages: they work with
any brand of access point and do not cut the link bandwidth in half.

"BabyJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<u6KdndvVoaJoJiiiU-(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
> But the WET series will not act as a repeater.
>
>
> "Lars M. Hansen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On 12 Nov 2003 14:44:22 -0800, Uncle Ken spoketh
> >
> > >At the moment, this requires a WET11G and WAP54G wired together. You
> > >may be better off dumping the Linksys and buying a D-Link or Buffalo
> > >product, for which comparatively inexpensive repeaters are available.
> > >
> >
> > There is no "WET11G". There's a "WET11" and, there's a WET54G. Perhaps
> > the later would be what the OP is looking for...
> >
> >
> > Lars M. Hansen
> > www.hansenonline.net

On 15 Nov 2003 06:41:16 -0800, Uncle Ken spoketh

>Not by itself. But wired to an access point, either the WET54G
>(thanks, Lars for the correction) or WET11 can be used to repeat a
>wireless signal. The pair is more expensive than a single device with
>repeater functionality, but with two major advantages: they work with
>any brand of access point and do not cut the link bandwidth in half.

Ok, let me see if I have the terminology correct:

Wireless Access Point: device to which wireless clients connect. WAPs
are normally not considered a wireless client itself.

Wireless bridge: used to connect multiple WAPs together, or to connect
wired equipment to wireless network, but not wireless clients.

Wireless repeater: Combination of the two above.




Lars M. Hansen
www.hansenonline.net

A wireless access point gives wireless clients access to a wired
network. A client bridge does the reverse, giving wireless network
access to wired clients. Hooking them together makes a device that
associates with an access point on an existing wireless network on one
hand (the client bridge) and provides access for wireless clients on
the other (the access point), communicating with ordinary wired
ethernet between them. The pair can be used to extend an existing
wireless network, like a repeater.
Manufacturers of wireless products have added repeating (relaying)
to some access points, but these work on a private protocol and
usually do not interoperate with other brands. Convergence is
confusing the issue lately, too, as multifunction devices are being
introduced. For example, Buffalo's WLA-G54 is a cable/DSL router, a 4
port switch, a point-to-point bridge, a repeater and a wireless access
point. So, what do you call it?

Lars M. Hansen <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> Ok, let me see if I have the terminology correct:
>
> Wireless Access Point: device to which wireless clients connect. WAPs
> are normally not considered a wireless client itself.
>
> Wireless bridge: used to connect multiple WAPs together, or to connect
> wired equipment to wireless network, but not wireless clients.
>
> Wireless repeater: Combination of the two above.
>
>
>
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> www.hansenonline.net