Cheap Wireless Bridges with Linksys AP's

[Warren Togami]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Chee" <chee at hawaii.edu>
To: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>; "LUAU"
> debateable whether this is cheaper or not...."real repeaters" are in the
> $500 range but have much higher gain characteristics and can take external
> antennas....I'm not sure about the linksys....
>
> Keep also in mind that the AP's MUST have wierd connectors on
> them....repeaters do not....thusly you're gonna spend at least another $50
> on special pigtails to convert the wierd reversepolarity doodads to
> something reasonable....
>
> "N" connectors are much cheaper....
>
> /brian chee
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>
> To: "LUAU" <luau at luau.hi.net>; "Mark Hines" <mhines at midpac.edu>; "Wilson
> Chan" <wilsonch at hawaii.rr.com>; "Brian Chee" <chee at hawaii.edu>; "Mike
> Krafft" <mikek at midpac.edu>; "Bill Wiecking" <bill at mahi.damien.edu>; "Rich
> Schaffer" <rschaff at midpac.edu>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:25 PM
> Subject: Cheap Wireless Bridges with Linksys AP's
>
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> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/08/24/linksys.html
> >
> > Quote from the author, "You can bridge two wired networks using two
cheap
> > Linksys 802.11b access points.  The big news is really price: the WAP11
> > described is about $185 with a manfacturer's rebate. Using higher-gain
> > antennas than the ones shipped with the WAP11 and/or tuning
line-of-sight
> > access, you've either figured out how to hook up a neighborhood of
> separate
> > wired networks, or how to link multiple offices cheaply."
> >
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