[KLUG Members] Wireless

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Mike Williams wrote:
> I've never worked with wireless, but from general networking
> principles, it should work.

Yes, if you base your assumptions on  "general networking
principles."

But because you haven't worked with 802.11 (Wireless LAN), you don't
know that it does *NOT* work like 802.3 (Ethernet).  It's a whole
new ballgame.

> I'm assuming these "access points" are essentially 5 port switches
> where one port is wireless and the other 4 are ethernet?

Yes.  But, again, 802.11 != 802.3.  802.3 does not require any
bridging to function -- the source always talks to the destination
directly when bridge isn't used (and can be easily "encapsulated"
when you do need to bridge).  802.11 requires an access point so it
_always_ requires bridge, so adding another bridge in "AdHoc" mode
adds an unforseen complication.

I'll show you what I mean on paper sometime.

-- TheBS

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