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Anonymous   06-18-2004 at 01:44:17 PM

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Hi all,

I am trying to connect an embedded device to a wireless lan. The
embedded
device already has an ethernet connector for wired lans and it have
been working
fine.

The idea is using an ethernet to wifi bridge to get it wireless, but
looking at prices
i have realized that actually wifi access points are cheaper than wifi
bridges.

I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
Can anybody help?

Thanks in advance.

Alberto

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Anonymous   06-21-2004 at 03:20:47 PM
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Alberto Torrecillas <altorreci@terra.es> wrote in message news:<p805d0djvohj9sqpdlu42u51q5lmibekme@4ax.com>...
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to connect an embedded device to a wireless lan. The
> embedded
> device already has an ethernet connector for wired lans and it have
> been working
> fine.
>
> The idea is using an ethernet to wifi bridge to get it wireless, but
> looking at prices
> i have realized that actually wifi access points are cheaper than wifi
> bridges.
>
> I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.

I've heard some aps can be configured in "client mode" and by doing
so the ap actually acts as a client device (and thus other clients
will not see it as an ap anymore). Not sure if this is what you want.

However the aps I've seen don't implement this, and I don't know if
this feature is present in other hardware. Don't know about any
potential inter-operatibiliy issues either.

HTH.

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john   08-23-2004 at 04:11:56 AM
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:44:17 +0200, Alberto Torrecillas
<altorreci@terra.es> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am trying to connect an embedded device to a wireless lan. The
>embedded
>device already has an ethernet connector for wired lans and it have
>been working
>fine.
>
>The idea is using an ethernet to wifi bridge to get it wireless, but
>looking at prices
>i have realized that actually wifi access points are cheaper than wifi
>bridges.
>
>I guess if it is possible using an access point instead a bridge.
>Can anybody help?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Alberto

It sounds like you're looking for an adapter that will take an
existing Ethernet connection and make it wireless. If so then check
out this web site:

http://www.buffalotech.com/product [...] tegoryid=7


protocol_analyzer@comcast.net

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