Will WAP11 bridge to other mfg's AP?

Okay, another quick question that I can't seem to find the answer for.

I know that the Linksys WAP11 units will only act as bridges to other
Linksys units. Is there any way to get around that restriction (which I
imagine is probably an artificial one)? Specifically, I want to set my
WAP11 as an "AP client" to another manufacturer's AP. Is this possible?

I'm thinking that loading the AMTEL firmware (1.4J1) might do it, but I
don't want to risk an unsupported upgrade for nothing. Incidentally, does
anyone know if the 1.4J1 firmware fixes the "sleep" problem with the WAP11
v1 units?

Thanks,

Ryan

> I know that the Linksys WAP11 units will only act as bridges to other
> Linksys units. Is there any way to get around that restriction (which I
> imagine is probably an artificial one)? Specifically, I want to set my
> WAP11 as an "AP client" to another manufacturer's AP. Is this possible?

Not true at all, they'll bridge to compatible access points. I've
bridged to Dlink DWL900+ and Netgear ME102 for starters and also had
client mode and repeater mode interoperating with the same.

David.

"Ryan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Okay, another quick question that I can't seem to find the answer for.
>
> I know that the Linksys WAP11 units will only act as bridges to other
> Linksys units. Is there any way to get around that restriction (which I
> imagine is probably an artificial one)? Specifically, I want to set my
> WAP11 as an "AP client" to another manufacturer's AP. Is this possible?
>
> I'm thinking that loading the AMTEL firmware (1.4J1) might do it, but I
> don't want to risk an unsupported upgrade for nothing. Incidentally, does
> anyone know if the 1.4J1 firmware fixes the "sleep" problem with the WAP11
> v1 units?

I have the 1.4j.1 running on 3 WAP11's ver 1.1 - all work great. Two are
set as point to point bridge, and the 3rd is a simple access point.

I do not see any "sleep" problems - or any other problems for that matter.

Ryan, you and David are both right. I've bridged WAP11s version 1.1
together and used one as a client to the other, but could not get the client
WAP11 to associate with a Proxim RangeLAN access point. The ME102 used the
same Atmel chipset as the original WAP11. I'm not sure if Netgear changed
chipsets when Linksys changed. Anyway, it is true that the WAP11 in client
mode will associate with some, but not all other access points.

Don W.


"Ryan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Interesting. The reason I thought the WAP11 only communicated with Linksys
> hardware was because of the _second_to_last_ post on this page:
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index...sWap11Comments
>
> Specifically, it says: "When set to 'Access Point Client', 'Wireless
> Bridge', 'Wireless Bridge - Point to MultiPoint' or 'Wireless Repeater'
> mode, the device will only communicate with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6, WAP
11
> ver. 2.2 or WAP 11."
>
> Also, I tried (albeit briefly) to connect my WAP11 as an AP client to
> another manufacturer's AP and failed.
>
> What hardware and firmware versions are you using? I think I'm going to
give
> 1.4j.1 a shot.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> "David Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I know that the Linksys WAP11 units will only act as bridges to other
> > > Linksys units. Is there any way to get around that restriction (which
I
> > > imagine is probably an artificial one)? Specifically, I want to set
my
> > > WAP11 as an "AP client" to another manufacturer's AP. Is this
possible?
> >
> > Not true at all, they'll bridge to compatible access points. I've
> > bridged to Dlink DWL900+ and Netgear ME102 for starters and also had
> > client mode and repeater mode interoperating with the same.
>
>

> Interesting. The reason I thought the WAP11 only communicated with Linksys
> hardware was because of the _second_to_last_ post on this page:
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index...sWap11Comments
>
> Specifically, it says: "When set to 'Access Point Client', 'Wireless
> Bridge', 'Wireless Bridge - Point to MultiPoint' or 'Wireless Repeater'
> mode, the device will only communicate with another WAP 11 ver. 2.6, WAP 11
> ver. 2.2 or WAP 11."

Agreed that it might say that and Dlink also say that their repeater
only repeats Dlink equipment.

It's marketing speak for "it *will* work if you buy our kit!"

What they leave out is that their kit uses the same chipset as many
others and they just do a spot of badge engineering.

David.