[MLB-WIRELESS] Dlink 900AP as client?

[Drew]

Fenn Bailey wrote:

>>an AP can act like a client of another AP. So no, an AP in 
>>client mode 
>>can't talk adhoc. 
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>
>That's what I suspected, however: 
>
>http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/drivers/files/wireless/dwl900AP_manual.pdf
>
>Contains the phrase: "The IEEE 802.11b standard supports three basic
>topologies for WLANs-the
>Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS), the Basic Service Set (BSS), and
>the
>Extended Service Set (ESS). Wireless LAN components can be used to
>extend, enhance or entirely replace existing Ethernet infrastructure.
>
General info here

>The
>DWL-900AP can accommodate any WLAN topology."
>
This seems like a dumb thing to say if they're not supporting IBSS mode 
in the AP. Otherwise, they're supporting other clients communicating 
directly with each other with the AP doing nothing? A rock can do this 
as well. :P

>Just a marketing schpeil?
>  
>
Seems like a clueless marketing guy, else people would be buying these 
things in droves to get IBSS on the rooftop.

Drew

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