What is a "device point"?

Here's an interesting phenomenon. I have searched ZDNet, CNET, About.com,
Access communications, etc. Nobody's glossary defines "device point"--even
though their sites sell device points.

What is the difference between an access point and a device point?
And can I use an access point as a device point?

Al Hatch

Looks like Axis calls a "device point" the same thing that Linksys, SMC, and
Netgear call a "wireless ethernet bridge".

"Al Hatch" <Hatch@-REMOVETHIS-waywewill.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Here's an interesting phenomenon. I have searched ZDNet, CNET, About.com,
> Access communications, etc. Nobody's glossary defines "device point"--even
> though their sites sell device points.
>
> What is the difference between an access point and a device point?
> And can I use an access point as a device point?
>
> Al Hatch
>

Yup. You're right. I then discovered that wireless bridges cost more than
wireless routers. From the same companies. In other words, a 1-port device
costs more than a 4-port device. Based on this alone, the whole "device
point" thing makes no sense.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:26:27 -0800, John Roland Elliott wrote
(in message <nmdsb.174025$Tr4.466310@attbi_s03>):

> Looks like Axis calls a "device point" the same thing that Linksys, SMC, and
> Netgear call a "wireless ethernet bridge".
>

If you've found a device that does what you want -- specifically,
providing access to a wireless network for a wired client or
wirelessly bridging two wired networks -- what difference does it make
what a device costs that doesn't do what you want?

Al Hatch <Hatch@-REMOVETHIS-waywewill.com> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Yup. You're right. I then discovered that wireless bridges cost more than
> wireless routers. From the same companies. In other words, a 1-port device
> costs more than a 4-port device. Based on this alone, the whole "device
> point" thing makes no sense.