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Yes it works but slowly. The AP is at the limit of coverage of the router
and tracert was showing slow or no reponses from routers.
Enabling SSID broadcasts on both the AP and the router improved the
performance and throughput significantly.
This makes absolutely no sense to me, but I wondered if these devices use
SSID broadcasts to somehow keep alive or re establish dropped wireless layer
2 sessions.
Nick
"DS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote in message
news:Xns95094344CB652idispcom@216.65.98.77...
> "Ron Bandes" <RunderscoreBandes @yah00.com> wrote in
> news:FKuzc.1567$m83.347080@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net:
>
> >
> > "DS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9508C44B63EA7idispcom@216.65.98.77...
> >> Lars M. Hansen <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in
> >> news:ka9sc05nme2q9fkdqpbe0ks9glh2i4a08d@4ax.com:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:32:53 +0100, Nick spoketh
> >> >
> >> >>I realise this sounds like a stupid question.
> >> >>
> >> >>But...
> >> >>
> >> >>Is there any reason why an Access Point would not reliably talk to
> >> >>a wireless router unless the SSID broadcasts are enabled at one end
> >> >>or the other?
> >> >>
> >> >>Nick
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Since it really doesn't matter if SSIDs are broadcast or not (from
> >> > a security standpoint), why not just leave that enabled and go from
> >> > there.
> >> >
> >> > Also, to connect a WAP to a router, it has to be configured as a
> >> > bridge, and since this configuration is vendor specific, you cannot
> >> > mix-and-match brand names...
> >> >
> >>
> >> Does it need to be a bridge ? I have a wired-only D-Link rtr
> >> 192.168.1.1. If I added a WAP only (not using the rtr/NAT portion of
> >> it), 192.168.1.2, and have a wireless PC conn at 192.168.1.3, if my
> >> gateway is set to 192.168.1.1, wouldn't the WAP just forward to that,
> >> just like trying to access any other local IP ?
> >
> > You are saying that the AP will bridge the WLAN to the wired LAN.
> > That is the basic function of an AP. But the OP is trying to have the
> > AP relay (or repeat) a transmission from a wireless client to the
> > router WIRELESSLY. That is different. Then the AP is acting as a
> > repeater. Some vendors call this a bridge, but technically a wireless
> > bridge connects two wired LANs wirelessly.
> >
> > Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.
> >
> >
>
> After re-reading the question, at first I thought it wasn't clear what
> the OP was trying to do. But then I noticed it said 'any reason why an
> Access Point would not reliably talk to a wireless router' which would
> lead me to believe that it works some of the time. So, it's still not
> clear, to me anyway, what's going on.
>
>
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