[olug] ot, wireless info please

[Charles Bird]

thats what I kinda thought, I cant seem to get a good pic 
of the wet11, I want it but I'm not sure if the antenna 
comes of and what connector it has.  Any of you got one? 
 
I got two pepperidge cookie cans for some cantenna madness. 
I cant wait to start. 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Scott Evans <munkey1979 at yahoo.com> 
To: olug at olug.org 
Subject: Re: [olug] ot, wireless info please 
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:22:29 -0700 (PDT) 
 
>  
> Well, A wireless access point does not route packets 
> like a router would. It just gives your wireless 
> laptop/Pc a way to connect to the wired backbone of 
> your network. For example, you would use a wireless 
> access point to connect to a already installed wired 
> router or switch.  
>  
> A bridge pretty much lets two different standards 
> communicate together.  A wirless bridge in this case 
> would take the wireless packets and take the wireless 
> 802.11 headers from the packet and encapsulate the 
> packet with ethernet headers so it can communicate 
> with the wired switch/router/network.  
>  
> Also, switchs are sometimes called Transparent bridges 
> in many network/cisco books.  
>  
> This is my understanding, I could be wrong. If I am 
> someone please correct me :)  
>  
> -Scott- 
>  
>  
>  
>  
> > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:46:34 +0100, Charles Bird 
> > <thebirdman at operamail.com> wrote: 
> > > ok, I'm finally getting into wireless now. I want 
> > to know what the differnce between access point and 
> > router and what exactly a bridge does as well, do I 
> > need two bridges for a connection? 
> > >   I'm build my cantenna this week. 
> > > thanks for the help. 
> > > -- 
> > > 
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