Setting up a wireless bridge

I need some help setting up a wireless bridge using 2 Linksys WAP-11
devices.

This is the equipment:
(1) ADSL modem/router/DHCP
(2) 4 port hub
(3) pc, laptop, sparc system
(4) WAP 11 (2 of those)

And at this moment I have this configuration:
(1)------------(2)-------------(3)

PC, laptop and sparc system have as default gateway the IP of (1)

I want to get rid of the cable between (1) and (2) so I bought 2x WAP11.
What I want is something like this:
(1)---(4)* *(4)-------(2)----------(3)

I can configure these WAP11s as AP or in bridging mode. Chose for the
bridging on MacAddress.

I can't get it work, should I:
- use crossed cables?
- change default gateway? (I would expect that I shouldn't change this,
since the WAP11s work on a different layer?)
- ...


Thanks

Well. I am running somthing semilar. Two buildings running a wired network.
Both with a switch - one with a ADSL-router.

In the ADSL-building there is a switch connected to the router with a none
crossed cable. The router has a four port hub and to this is connected a
wap11 as an ordinary access point. One connected as a multiple bridge - no
mac-number required. On the other building there is a wap11 more connected
to a switch with a none crossed cable. This wap11 however is configured as a
bridge addressing the mac-number of the wap in the adsl-building.

The bridge (2 wap11's) has a different ssid than the ssid of the wap11, that
works for pc-connection.

I have no encryption on the bridge. No pc's can connect to a bridge - only
another access point can connect into the bridge and this will requiere a
mac-number, so I consider this safe enough.

Hope this does help you along.

My configuration is completely new and I am not shure if this is quite
correct configured, but it seems to work allright, allthough I have
encountered one faliure where the buildings lost connection. Distance is 60
feet.

Regards

Per
"Dirk" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
news:40254e41$0$7039$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I need some help setting up a wireless bridge using 2 Linksys WAP-11
> devices.
>
> This is the equipment:
> (1) ADSL modem/router/DHCP
> (2) 4 port hub
> (3) pc, laptop, sparc system
> (4) WAP 11 (2 of those)
>
> And at this moment I have this configuration:
> (1)------------(2)-------------(3)
>
> PC, laptop and sparc system have as default gateway the IP of (1)
>
> I want to get rid of the cable between (1) and (2) so I bought 2x WAP11.
> What I want is something like this:
> (1)---(4)* *(4)-------(2)----------(3)
>
> I can configure these WAP11s as AP or in bridging mode. Chose for the
> bridging on MacAddress.
>
> I can't get it work, should I:
> - use crossed cables?
> - change default gateway? (I would expect that I shouldn't change this,
> since the WAP11s work on a different layer?)
> - ...
>
>
> Thanks
>
>

You need to do the following:

1 --> 2 <-- 4 ...... 4 --> 2 <-- 3

"Dirk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40254e41$0$7039$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I need some help setting up a wireless bridge using 2 Linksys WAP-11
> devices.
>
> This is the equipment:
> (1) ADSL modem/router/DHCP
> (2) 4 port hub
> (3) pc, laptop, sparc system
> (4) WAP 11 (2 of those)
>
> And at this moment I have this configuration:
> (1)------------(2)-------------(3)
>
> PC, laptop and sparc system have as default gateway the IP of (1)
>
> I want to get rid of the cable between (1) and (2) so I bought 2x WAP11.
> What I want is something like this:
> (1)---(4)* *(4)-------(2)----------(3)
>
> I can configure these WAP11s as AP or in bridging mode. Chose for the
> bridging on MacAddress.
>
> I can't get it work, should I:
> - use crossed cables?
> - change default gateway? (I would expect that I shouldn't change this,
> since the WAP11s work on a different layer?)
> - ...
>
>
> Thanks
>
>