MN-700/MN-500 as Ethernet to wireless bridge.

Have seen quite a few people get caught when try to use
MN-700/MN-500 as a Ethernet to wireless bridge. The
bottom line is MN-700/MN-500 cannot be used as a Ethernet
to 802.11 bridge. All those manufacturers are confusing
the market with those naming stuff to drive more money
out of users.

Basically, they are all the same:
1. Wireless router -- it's a router has the wireless
AP function
2. Wireless AP -- Strip off the router function, some
manufacturers (like MS) misleading people call it a
wireless bridge mode, which strictly speaking, they are
right, but it's one way bridge, so you can bridge the
wireless devices to Ethernet, but not vis versa.
3. Ethernet to wireless bridge -- you can connect a
switch or hub to it and try to connect 2 Ethernet network
wirelessly. This is a very convinient function for those
people when they have Internet connection at one room and
have a couple of computers/x-box/ps2 in another room and
don't want to run a Ethernet wire to that room and don't
want to pay extra for multiple wireless adapters. Here
is how those manufacturers get money out it. All of
those gaming wireless adapter belong to this catagory.

MS X-box adapter basically is a Ethernet to wireless
bridge, they are so concerned that you use it with pc
(which means less sales for MN-710/MN-510), so they don't
bother to through in a PC interface and you have to use a
x-box to configure it before you can use it.

I don't see any reason why Microsoft cannot make MN-
700/MN-500 a Ethernet to wireless bridge as well via a
firmware upgrade, this is a very good example that
marketing dominate technologies. Thanks for listening.

Not as much as you have just confused me my friend.....

--
Jose Rivera, MCP
Event Horizon Computers


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2b1b01c42852$05da2bf0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have seen quite a few people get caught when try to use
> MN-700/MN-500 as a Ethernet to wireless bridge. The
> bottom line is MN-700/MN-500 cannot be used as a Ethernet
> to 802.11 bridge. All those manufacturers are confusing
> the market with those naming stuff to drive more money
> out of users.
>
> Basically, they are all the same:
> 1. Wireless router -- it's a router has the wireless
> AP function
> 2. Wireless AP -- Strip off the router function, some
> manufacturers (like MS) misleading people call it a
> wireless bridge mode, which strictly speaking, they are
> right, but it's one way bridge, so you can bridge the
> wireless devices to Ethernet, but not vis versa.
> 3. Ethernet to wireless bridge -- you can connect a
> switch or hub to it and try to connect 2 Ethernet network
> wirelessly. This is a very convinient function for those
> people when they have Internet connection at one room and
> have a couple of computers/x-box/ps2 in another room and
> don't want to run a Ethernet wire to that room and don't
> want to pay extra for multiple wireless adapters. Here
> is how those manufacturers get money out it. All of
> those gaming wireless adapter belong to this catagory.
>
> MS X-box adapter basically is a Ethernet to wireless
> bridge, they are so concerned that you use it with pc
> (which means less sales for MN-710/MN-510), so they don't
> bother to through in a PC interface and you have to use a
> x-box to configure it before you can use it.
>
> I don't see any reason why Microsoft cannot make MN-
> 700/MN-500 a Ethernet to wireless bridge as well via a
> firmware upgrade, this is a very good example that
> marketing dominate technologies. Thanks for listening.

Basically, you don't need those USB and PCMCIA wireless
adaptors at all, so you don't have to install any
drivers. Instead just use the exist Ethernet network
card and connect to a Ethernet to Wireless bridge.

So, in ideal world, you need one product, MN-700 with
(router/AP/Ethernet to 802.11 bridge) function and that's
all we need. I know it's not gonna happen in MS, but if
some other manuafacturers do it, it will be nice.


>-----Original Message-----
>Not as much as you have just confused me my friend.....
>
>--
>Jose Rivera, MCP
>Event Horizon Computers
>
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:2b1b01c42852$05da2bf0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Have seen quite a few people get caught when try to use
>> MN-700/MN-500 as a Ethernet to wireless bridge. The
>> bottom line is MN-700/MN-500 cannot be used as a
Ethernet
>> to 802.11 bridge. All those manufacturers are
confusing
>> the market with those naming stuff to drive more money
>> out of users.
>>
>> Basically, they are all the same:
>> 1. Wireless router -- it's a router has the wireless
>> AP function
>> 2. Wireless AP -- Strip off the router function,
some
>> manufacturers (like MS) misleading people call it a
>> wireless bridge mode, which strictly speaking, they are
>> right, but it's one way bridge, so you can bridge the
>> wireless devices to Ethernet, but not vis versa.
>> 3. Ethernet to wireless bridge -- you can connect a
>> switch or hub to it and try to connect 2 Ethernet
network
>> wirelessly. This is a very convinient function for
those
>> people when they have Internet connection at one room
and
>> have a couple of computers/x-box/ps2 in another room
and
>> don't want to run a Ethernet wire to that room and
don't
>> want to pay extra for multiple wireless adapters. Here
>> is how those manufacturers get money out it. All of
>> those gaming wireless adapter belong to this catagory.
>>
>> MS X-box adapter basically is a Ethernet to wireless
>> bridge, they are so concerned that you use it with pc
>> (which means less sales for MN-710/MN-510), so they
don't
>> bother to through in a PC interface and you have to
use a
>> x-box to configure it before you can use it.
>>
>> I don't see any reason why Microsoft cannot make MN-
>> 700/MN-500 a Ethernet to wireless bridge as well via a
>> firmware upgrade, this is a very good example that
>> marketing dominate technologies. Thanks for
listening.
>
>
>.
>