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  WAP11 to WET11: Easy, Cheap Wireless Bridging
Subject:   WAP11 v2.2 can't do this?
Date:   2002-09-12 18:57:12
From:   anonymous2
The docs seems to imply it can, but it's kind of confusing: ( ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wap11v22_ug.pdf , page 16)


"Access Point Client - When set to Access Point Client mode, the Access Point Client is able to talk to one remote access point within its range. This mode allows the Access Point Client to act as a client of a remote access point. The Access Point Client cannot communicate directly with any wireless clients. A separate network attached to the Access Point Client can then be wirelessly bridged to the remote access point. Enter the required LAN MAC address of the remote access point."
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  • WAP11 v2.2 can't do this?
    2002-09-12 20:33:45  eggboard [Reply | View]

    It is confusing because its intent is to bridge a single MAC address as a single-user client adapter. The WAP11 is really an AP, a network-bridge (when paired with another WAP11 or a similarly firmware equipped unit), or a single-unit Ethernet-to-wireless adapter.

    The documentation seems to imply that you can bridge traffic from multiple devices to a single wireless AP, but in practice, I don't believe this works. I just purchased a v2.2 WAP11 and so will try it out as part of an update to the article above that I'm working on. I'll also be talking to the Linksys product manager and will clarify this issue.

    The WET11 uses a somewhat slicker approach, including the Web interface, and appears to be translating the MAC addresses of devices attached to it through an Ethernet hub into a single MAC address that it creates a client association over to an AP.
    • Yes, the WAP11 v2.2 can do this
      2002-09-13 22:04:14  eggboard [Reply | View]

      I'm hearing from more and more people who have managed to get the WAP11 v2.2 to act as a bridge, and I'll be following up on this. The WAP11's initial release, which I wrote about last year, didn't work in this mode, and I've missed this development. I have both version 1.4 and 2.2 firmware WAP11's and will be testing them (and monitoring their traffic) alongside a WET11 in the near future for a future article.