Netgear DG834G working with wireless bridge?

I have a feeling I might have screwed up here, but maybe not.

I was working on a Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router and a Netear WG602 v3
wireless access point.

Both have the latest firmwares installed. Both are running on the same
channel. The have different SSIDs.

I thought I would simply have to go into the WG602, switch on Wireless
point-to-point bridge mode, enter the MAC address of the DG834G and
henceforth all packets on the WG602 network would be forwarded to the
router, and hence to the outside world.

Except it doesn't work.

Tried it with both WEP on and OFF.

In what way am I being thick? Is there any reason why I can't make my DG834G
link up wireless to my WG602?




Bonge Boo!

Bonge Boo! wrote:
> I have a feeling I might have screwed up here, but maybe not.
>
> I was working on a Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router and a Netear WG602 v3
> wireless access point.
>
> Both have the latest firmwares installed. Both are running on the same
> channel. The have different SSIDs.
>
> I thought I would simply have to go into the WG602, switch on Wireless
> point-to-point bridge mode, enter the MAC address of the DG834G and
> henceforth all packets on the WG602 network would be forwarded to the
> router, and hence to the outside world.
>
> Except it doesn't work.
>
> Tried it with both WEP on and OFF.
>
> In what way am I being thick? Is there any reason why I can't make my DG834G
> link up wireless to my WG602?
>
>
I think you will find that a WG602 will only act as a bridge with other
WG602's or WG302's.

"NBT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d30nu7$pao$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bonge Boo! wrote:
>> I have a feeling I might have screwed up here, but maybe not.
>>
>> I was working on a Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router and a Netear WG602
>> v3
>> wireless access point.
>>
>> Both have the latest firmwares installed. Both are running on the same
>> channel. The have different SSIDs.
>>
>> I thought I would simply have to go into the WG602, switch on Wireless
>> point-to-point bridge mode, enter the MAC address of the DG834G and
>> henceforth all packets on the WG602 network would be forwarded to the
>> router, and hence to the outside world.
>>
>> Except it doesn't work.
>>
>> Tried it with both WEP on and OFF.
>>
>> In what way am I being thick? Is there any reason why I can't make my
>> DG834G
>> link up wireless to my WG602?
>>
>>
> I think you will find that a WG602 will only act as a bridge with other
> WG602's or WG302's.


This sounds highly likely. I know that the Dlink 604 wireless router won't
bridge/repeat to a 2100 access point - you need another 2100 access point -
so it may be the same for the Netgear range.

I wonder why this is? You'd think that the AP within a router ought to be
compatible with a free-standing AP, at least for the same manufacturer's
products. Or is it a cunning plan to sell more access points?

"Martin Underwood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4253f69e$0$63401$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "NBT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:d30nu7$pao$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Bonge Boo! wrote:
> >> I have a feeling I might have screwed up here, but maybe not.
> >>
> >> I was working on a Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router and a Netear
WG602
> >> v3
> >> wireless access point.
> >>
> >> Both have the latest firmwares installed. Both are running on the same
> >> channel. The have different SSIDs.
> >>
> >> I thought I would simply have to go into the WG602, switch on Wireless
> >> point-to-point bridge mode, enter the MAC address of the DG834G and
> >> henceforth all packets on the WG602 network would be forwarded to the
> >> router, and hence to the outside world.
> >>
> >> Except it doesn't work.
> >>
> >> Tried it with both WEP on and OFF.
> >>
> >> In what way am I being thick? Is there any reason why I can't make my
> >> DG834G
> >> link up wireless to my WG602?
> >>
> >>
> > I think you will find that a WG602 will only act as a bridge with other
> > WG602's or WG302's.
>
>
> This sounds highly likely. I know that the Dlink 604 wireless router won't
> bridge/repeat to a 2100 access point - you need another 2100 access
point -
> so it may be the same for the Netgear range.
>
> I wonder why this is? You'd think that the AP within a router ought to be
> compatible with a free-standing AP, at least for the same manufacturer's
> products. Or is it a cunning plan to sell more access points?
>
>
I suspect that the WG602 is using peer-to-peer mode, as most PCMCIA/USB
adapters will do. The DG384G does not support peer-to-peer as far as I
know.

Paul DS.

On 6/4/05 4:40 pm, in article
425402fe$0$304$(E-Mail Removed), "Paul D.Smith"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>> In what way am I being thick? Is there any reason why I can't make my
>>>> DG834G
>>>> link up wireless to my WG602?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think you will find that a WG602 will only act as a bridge with other
>>> WG602's or WG302's.
>>
>>
>> This sounds highly likely. I know that the Dlink 604 wireless router won't
>> bridge/repeat to a 2100 access point - you need another 2100 access
> point -
>> so it may be the same for the Netgear range.
>>
>> I wonder why this is? You'd think that the AP within a router ought to be
>> compatible with a free-standing AP, at least for the same manufacturer's
>> products. Or is it a cunning plan to sell more access points?
>>
>>
> I suspect that the WG602 is using peer-to-peer mode, as most PCMCIA/USB
> adapters will do. The DG384G does not support peer-to-peer as far as I
> know.

Ah.

Bollocks.