A terminology question about Wirless

Millay · 21-02-2005, 10:56

If I want to bost a signal inbetween point a and point b because the signal from point a is not strong enough to reach point b, is this called a bridge, or something comlpetly different.

danielf · 21-02-2005, 11:06

A quick look on the web suggests that a wireless bridge is used to hook up an ethernet enabled device to a wireless network, so I would think the answer is no.

Edit: here is a link for a range expander (or repeater) ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£60 inc vat.

Millay · 21-02-2005, 11:16

So this says that, it is only compatible with certain linksys products, what I need to do is extend the range of a BT Voyager wirless ADSL router... mmm confusing..

danielf · 21-02-2005, 11:31

I suppose you could give BT a ring to ask them what you should get. You'd think they should know if the sell the router.

http://www.shop.bt.com/page/technicalhelp

BT Voyager Home Network Modems/Routers
1 year
0906 302 0288

Millay · 21-02-2005, 11:34

Thanks will do that, I just assumed it was a standard peice of kit.. regardless of make..

KingPhoenix · 21-02-2005, 11:35

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Originally Posted by danielf

A quick look on the web suggests that a wireless bridge is used to hook up an ethernet enabled device to a wireless network, so I would think the answer is no.

Edit: here is a link for a range expander (or repeater) ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£60 inc vat.

I have 12 of these here at work... and they only work with linksys products.... but they will piggy back each other, causing a MASSIVE wireless network

Edit :: wasnt very clear, it will only expand a linksys wireless access point or router, but any wireless can connect to it to use the network

Stuart · 21-02-2005, 11:35

Actually, one trick that does apparently work is to place the antenna of the router in an empty Pringles tube (I kid you not).. http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/an...ypringles.html

That's assuming you want to direct the network.

SMHarman · 21-02-2005, 11:39

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Edit :: wasnt very clear, it will only expand a linksys wireless access point or router, but any wireless can connect to it to use the network

Having 12 of them you probably know, but I think the Linksys compatibility thing is more to do with configuration rather than the standard itself.

YOu can do the same with the Apple Airport and the Apple Airport express devices. I think they took this route to build big wireless clouds in schools etc.

Millay · 21-02-2005, 11:52

Ive got a D-Link Wirless Acess Point here, I hae just changed it to be a repeater for a belkin wirless ADSL Router. and its working fine, wonder i fusing one of these would work it just works by MAC address, so im guessing so.

KingPhoenix · 21-02-2005, 20:11

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Having 12 of them you probably know, but I think the Linksys compatibility thing is more to do with configuration rather than the standard itself.

YOu can do the same with the Apple Airport and the Apple Airport express devices. I think they took this route to build big wireless clouds in schools etc.

Yeah, 2.4Ghz 802.11a/b/g should all be compatible..... Its how the devices talk to each other, linksys have designed there expanders to talk to the linksys equipment (linksys routers have a mini copy of linux on them) and i would assume that the expanders have the necessary connection details to be able to talk to them correctly. I tried to connect one to a D-Link setup we had, whilst it would connect to the D-Link router with no problems, it wouldnt allow traffic to pass through