Wired to wireless...

timeout · 10-05-2002 12:10pm #1

Right got two wired lans.
They are about 300m apart
Can i connect an access point to each and link them wirelessly or is there more to it??

Thanks in advance.

Rew · 13-05-2002 11:00am

Thats pretty much it... assuming there is no obstruction that would prevent the 2 points talking to each other... the other thing to remember is that if you do that (2 AP/Bridge's) one on each LAN any one can pull up with a laptop and WLAN card a get on the net... you will probs have to address general network stuff as well (address space on each LAN etc...)

Chief · 13-05-2002 11:50am

Ill tell you man.. theres a bit more to it..
you need, 2 Linksys WAP11's....
Thatll sort you.. 11mbps via 802.11b...

Dont make the mistake of getting orinoco stuff.... they advertise one thing.. and then want to charge you an arm and a leg for the software to connect 2 lans wirelessly

Rew · 13-05-2002 1:14pm

Assuming the the 2 AP's will do bridging there nothing to it... cheapest way to do it is 2 linux boxs + WLAN cards + ethernet cards bridge the interfaces and your done.... would recomend that as an option though!

timeout · 14-05-2002 11:50am

Well if it works then I'll worry about security.

Now can you plug an access point directly into a network card rather then a hub?

Chief · 14-05-2002 12:19pm

should be able to... with a crossover cable

Rew · 14-05-2002 12:33pm

Yeah the Chief is right there cross over should work... sounds a bit strange though why go to the expense of buying a AP and then only plug one machine in to it? (if you dont mind me askin)

timeout · 14-05-2002 8:07pm

sounds a bit strange though why go to the expense of buying a AP and then only plug one machine in to it?

Well the network is not used at night so rather then buying a wireless card or usb external I thought I'd use the access point myself for a while. To test its......well to see if .......

Ok, I use it for lan games at home myself

Is that an ok answer?

bkehoe · 14-05-2002 8:31pm

Using an access point plugged into one pc is fine. You can still connect as many pcs as you want to the access point.

Rew · 14-05-2002 8:38pm

I C...that makes sense all right

you reall shoud address security though.... or else you might not be the only person using it at night....

timeout · 16-05-2002 11:26am

No real need at the moment everything gets turned off. The only thing left running is the server but seeing as the power to the wired hubs and wireless access points is turned off there is no way of accessing it.

Maybe next year or later when we need to leave the network running, then i'll worry about it. Till then no worrys

Rew · 16-05-2002 12:53pm

fair enough... dont say u weren't warned

Wired to wireless...

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