[MLB-WIRELESS] AP in both Bridged mode & normal mode

[Luke Ottrey]

Hi All,

Long time reader, first time poster (I think).  Sorry about my lack of
tech words in this post - its been a long day and it won't finish for
another few hours yet.
Just after some quick advice as the manufacturers don't seem to promote
exactly what I'm after as a 'product feature'.

I have a client with two rooms in the same building.  There are two
brick walls (and a corridor) in between the two rooms.
There is physically no way to get a cable across that corridor to link
the two networks (ie: the networks in each room) up.

So, I'm thinking that to help overcome this (though not tested) bricks
problem, to put in a couple of Access Points in Bridge mode.  All well
and good.
But, the client then says, but I want to use my laptop wirelessly
aswell.

802.11g standard is almost imperative for the bridging and the laptop
might be able to be comfortable on 11.b.

I spoke with my Netgear distributor about this, and he said that Netgear
model ME103 (11.b) acts in bridge mode and accepts roaming clients, and
the WG302 does also (11.g standard) - has anyone had any experience with
this type of setup before and or does Minitar Gateway router (with USB
Print Server) do this or their cheapy 11.b AP's?

(and of coure, as with all clients, cost is a factor) :p

Thanks All,


V.Best Regards,

Luke

Luke Ottrey, Purple Lion
Ph: 0408 675 648
Fax: +61 3 9886 7349
Email: luke at purplelion.com.au
Web: www.purplelion.com.au


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