[MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP

[Robbie Werner]

So what would be required on a Linux box to route packets from a wireless
network into a normal wired LAN?

That's what I don't really understand:  Getting the wireless network to talk
to the LAN in a relatively transparent manner.

-Rob


on 30/5/02 2:26 PM, evilbunny at evilbunny at sydneywireless.com wrote:

> Hello Andrew,
> 
> An AP is in fact a bridge, which for all intents and purposes is a hub,
> however non IP traffic is filtered by it...
> 
> eg, wireless frame headers aren't sent onto the ethernet segment
> and vice versa, bridges have commonly been used in the past to keep
> macintosh and PC networks apart, ie appletalk and MS filesharing
> aren't sent to both parts of the network so as to keep the clutter on
> a network segment to a minimum... 


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