AP or Bridge?

I need some clarification and perhaps some advice. I currently have an 11B
wireless home network and am interested in connecting a linux based machine,
a ethernet printer, and a linksys NSLU2 to the network. They are all
together but in a different area of the house. I was thinking a WET54G
wireless bridge would do the trick, but the guy at the store (who didn't
have the bridge in stock) told me that a simple access point (WAP54G) would
work just as well. The linksys site does say the WAP54G can act like a
"cable-less cable" to connect remote areas. If this is true, why would
anyone buy the bridge which is more money? And if this is all true, does
it extend to a router like the WRTG54 and would i be able to connect it with
my old BEFW11S4?

Thanks to anyone who can help me.
Nick

"Nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I need some clarification and perhaps some advice. I currently have an 11B
> wireless home network and am interested in connecting a linux based
> machine,
> a ethernet printer, and a linksys NSLU2 to the network. They are all
> together but in a different area of the house. I was thinking a WET54G
> wireless bridge would do the trick, but the guy at the store (who didn't
> have the bridge in stock) told me that a simple access point (WAP54G)
> would
> work just as well. The linksys site does say the WAP54G can act like a
> "cable-less cable" to connect remote areas. If this is true, why would
> anyone buy the bridge which is more money? And if this is all true, does
> it extend to a router like the WRTG54 and would i be able to connect it
> with
> my old BEFW11S4?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help me.
> Nick

Nick: I use a Linksys WAP54G for the main wireless access point in my house
(accessing easily from various laptops, etc.) I also use it simultaneously
to bridge to a room full of wired ethernet stuff. The other end of the
wireless bridge uses a Netgear Wireless Ethernet bridge (can't remember the
model number). No problems. This setup has been working very well for me for
over a year. The total distance bridged is only about 20 feet.


I hope this helps!


-Bob Bosen-
www.AskMisterWizard.com
Training videos for People with work to do

So you use a bridge to connect your ethernet devices to an existing wireless
network. The thing is the guy at the store told me that an access point
(WAP54G) would work just as well as a bridge. The AP is cheaper, but I want
to know if what the guy says is really true.

Nick


"Bob Bosen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I need some clarification and perhaps some advice. I currently have an
>>11B
>> wireless home network and am interested in connecting a linux based
>> machine,
>> a ethernet printer, and a linksys NSLU2 to the network. They are all
>> together but in a different area of the house. I was thinking a WET54G
>> wireless bridge would do the trick, but the guy at the store (who didn't
>> have the bridge in stock) told me that a simple access point (WAP54G)
>> would
>> work just as well. The linksys site does say the WAP54G can act like a
>> "cable-less cable" to connect remote areas. If this is true, why would
>> anyone buy the bridge which is more money? And if this is all true,
>> does
>> it extend to a router like the WRTG54 and would i be able to connect it
>> with
>> my old BEFW11S4?
>>
>> Thanks to anyone who can help me.
>> Nick
>
> Nick: I use a Linksys WAP54G for the main wireless access point in my
> house (accessing easily from various laptops, etc.) I also use it
> simultaneously to bridge to a room full of wired ethernet stuff. The other
> end of the wireless bridge uses a Netgear Wireless Ethernet bridge (can't
> remember the model number). No problems. This setup has been working very
> well for me for over a year. The total distance bridged is only about 20
> feet.
>
>
> I hope this helps!
>
>
> -Bob Bosen-
> www.AskMisterWizard.com
> Training videos for People with work to do
>
>
>

"Nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7U4Sf.9585$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need some clarification and perhaps some advice. I currently have an 11B
> wireless home network and am interested in connecting a linux based
> machine,
> a ethernet printer, and a linksys NSLU2 to the network. They are all
> together but in a different area of the house. I was thinking a WET54G
> wireless bridge would do the trick, but the guy at the store (who didn't
> have the bridge in stock) told me that a simple access point (WAP54G)
> would
> work just as well. The linksys site does say the WAP54G can act like a
> "cable-less cable" to connect remote areas. If this is true, why would
> anyone buy the bridge which is more money? And if this is all true, does
> it extend to a router like the WRTG54 and would i be able to connect it
> with
> my old BEFW11S4?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help me.
> Nick
>
>
>
As far as I know the WAP54G can only bridge or act as a client to another
WAP54G so you would need two of them. The WET54G should do the trick.

Ian

"Nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> So you use a bridge to connect your ethernet devices to an existing
> wireless network. The thing is the guy at the store told me that an
> access point (WAP54G) would work just as well as a bridge. The AP is
> cheaper, but I want to know if what the guy says is really true.
>
> Nick

Yes. I use one access point (WAP54G) and one Netgear wireless ethernet
bridge. I have no experience using two Wireless Access Points in "Bridge"
mode, but I bet there would be some way to make that work too.


Regards,


Bob Bosen
www.AskMisterWizard.com
Instructional videos for people with work to do