AP and Client in the same time

Do you know if the WAP54G can be, in the same time, AP and Client of an
AP?

I know the famous previously WAP11 could be AP, Client, but not the
both in the same time.

Thanks for your answer

Simon

"Simon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Do you know if the WAP54G can be, in the same time, AP and Client of an
>AP?

Not at the same time, but it can be a repeater, which might be what
you are looking for. Note that it only supports repeating the signal
from a WAP54G or WRT54G.

Thanks for your answer,

I need an AP and a client : in one network it's a free connection
(without WEP), and I want to link my private network, but with a Wep
key in minimum. I'm going to mount a linux box with a Wireless card (to
be client of the free Network) linked by ethernet to an AP (linked to
my private network)

Simon

"Simon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I need an AP and a client : in one network it's a free connection
>(without WEP), and I want to link my private network, but with a Wep
>key in minimum.

Yeah, that's pretty ugly, you'll need an AP in client mode, plus a
firewall between your LAN and the free AP, and then a separate AP for
your LAN.

Remember that even though your LAN is secure, others can still watch
your traffic on the free side, and potentially harvest passwords,
browsing details, and other information.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:01:13 -0500, in alt.internet.wireless , William
P.N. Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Simon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I need an AP and a client : in one network it's a free connection
>>(without WEP), and I want to link my private network, but with a Wep
>>key in minimum.
>
>Yeah, that's pretty ugly, you'll need an AP in client mode, plus a
>firewall between your LAN and the free AP, and then a separate AP for
>your LAN.
>
>Remember that even though your LAN is secure, others can still watch
>your traffic on the free side, and potentially harvest passwords,
>browsing details, and other information.

To avoid that, could the two nets onto different subnets, and route
between them. eg "free" wireless on 192.168.0.x, "private" on
192.168.10.x, with a firewall/router between the two. I reckon a
retail router would work for the latter unit, with the AP plugged into
its WAN port, the WAN port and AP manually configured to the
192.168.0.x range. You might need a DHCP server somewhere on the
public side of the router. I refuse to try to draw this with ascii
art... :-)
Mark McIntyre
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