Wifi bridge vs access point

Hi all,

I am trying to connect an embedded device to a wireless lan. The
embedded
device already has an ethernet connector for wired lans and it have
been working
fine.

The idea is using an ethernet to wifi bridge to get it wireless, but
looking at prices
i have realized that actually wifi access points are cheaper than wifi
bridges.

I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
Can anybody help?

Thanks in advance.

I believe you're confused about the term bridge in this case.
A bridge is generally for linking a part of one network to another.
It's not for connecting an embedded device to a wireless adapter.

If I understand you, you are saying that the device you have already
has ethernet. If you want to to connect it to a WiFi network, what
I believe you are looking for is a Wireless Ethernet Adapter.
That means you connect your ethernet RJ45 connection into this
adapter, and this adapter connects you to the network. It's a bit
convoluted, but it's slow.

I haven't seen many of these around, but Proxim (AKA Orinoco,
AKA Agere. AKA Wavelan)n used to make these. They're probably
very cheap now if you look around. Especially on eBay.

I know SMC make some newer ones (2671W), and so does
Belkin F5D7330uk. I would imagine if you shop around, you will
find all kinds of deals, as this is not a common item.


Dave




On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:47:31 +0200, Alberto Torrecillas
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am trying to connect an embedded device to a wireless lan. The
>embedded
>device already has an ethernet connector for wired lans and it have
>been working
>fine.
>
>The idea is using an ethernet to wifi bridge to get it wireless, but
>looking at prices
>i have realized that actually wifi access points are cheaper than wifi
>bridges.
>
>I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
>Can anybody help?
>
>Thanks in advance.

Alberto Torrecillas <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
> Can anybody help?

I've used DWL-900AP+'s in two different situations, maybe one of them
is similar to your requirements.
1) An embedded computer connected to existing wired LAN. In this case
I used two DWL-900AP+'s in bridge mode to tie the embedded computer
ethernet into the wired LAN.
2) An embedded computer that just needed to be reached by a laptop
(with wifi card) and a Palm Tungsten C (which has built in wifi). In
this case I used one DWL-900AP+ configured as an access point
connected to the embedded computer ethernet.

Alberto Torrecillas <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
> Can anybody help?

I've used DWL-900AP+'s in two different situations, maybe one of them
is similar to your requirements.
1) An embedded computer connected to existing wired LAN. In this case
I used two DWL-900AP+'s in bridge mode to tie the embedded computer
ethernet into the wired LAN.
2) An embedded computer that just needed to be reached by a laptop
(with wifi card) and a Palm Tungsten C (which has built in wifi). In
this case I used one DWL-900AP+ configured as an access point
connected to the embedded computer ethernet.