Do I need a Wireless bridge or Access Point?

I want to get advice before spending more money on the wrong thing....

My main firewall is a Netgear FR328S with 8 ports, which are wired to nearly
every room. Behind it, I have a Netgrear Wireless Access Point which covers
"most" of the range of my house. I want to buy another device for the weak
end of the house, so I have a strong signal throughout.

Do I need another Access Point, or a Wireless Bridge? Whats the difference?
It would plug into the FR328S firewall also, as I do have a jack on that
end.

Thanks

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I want to get advice before spending more money on the wrong thing....
>
> My main firewall is a Netgear FR328S with 8 ports, which are wired to
nearly
> every room. Behind it, I have a Netgrear Wireless Access Point which
covers
> "most" of the range of my house. I want to buy another device for the
weak
> end of the house, so I have a strong signal throughout.
>
> Do I need another Access Point, or a Wireless Bridge? Whats the
difference?
> It would plug into the FR328S firewall also, as I do have a jack on that
> end.
>
> Thanks
>

You need a WAP.

A bridge enables a non wireless device to communicate on a wireless network.
It communicates 1-to-1 with the WAP. A WAP is an entry point into the
wireless network and can communicate with multiple wireless devices at once.
The WAP "distributes" the network to all the other wireless devices, it's a
wireless hub.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:10:58 GMT, "Roy N." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:_poNb.3317$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I want to get advice before spending more money on the wrong thing....
>>
>> My main firewall is a Netgear FR328S with 8 ports, which are wired to
>nearly
>> every room. Behind it, I have a Netgrear Wireless Access Point which
>covers
>> "most" of the range of my house. I want to buy another device for the
>weak
>> end of the house, so I have a strong signal throughout.
>>
>> Do I need another Access Point, or a Wireless Bridge? Whats the
>difference?
>> It would plug into the FR328S firewall also, as I do have a jack on that
>> end.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>You need a WAP.
>
>A bridge enables a non wireless device to communicate on a wireless network.
>It communicates 1-to-1 with the WAP.
An example is my situation, I have 8 computers in the basement with no
wireless cards in them just regular 10/100 cards. I ran wires from
each of them to a hub and then plugged the hub into a WAP. Upstairs I
plugged another WAP into my router and "bridged" the WAP's. My WAP can
act as both a bridge AND just a WAP, I do not know if all can. Now the
computers in the basement think they are "on" the internet just like
any other computer, they just talk to the hub, thru the WAP
downstairs, thru the WAP upstairs, thru the router.
Yes I have another computer in the basement that has a wireless card
in it and it ONLY talks to the router. The bridge is not available to
it.

>A WAP is an entry point into the
>wireless network and can communicate with multiple wireless devices at once.
>The WAP "distributes" the network to all the other wireless devices, it's a
>wireless hub.
>