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Hi all...
Dunno if this is the place to ask this, but I need to set up a network in an
office across 2 floors; servers + internet connection + a few PCs on the
lower floor, with another 5 or 6 PCs on the upper floor.
So far, it's fairly straightforward; I'll just stick an AP near the servers
and bob's your uncle. All the PCs can see the internet.
However, the boss also wants the colour LaserJet upstairs, and it's got a
wired JetDirect card. Seeing as how I can get an access point for about
1/8th of the price of a wireless JetDirect card, the question is this:
If I've got an AP plugged into a hub downstairs, can I have a second AP
plugged into a second hub upstairs to act as a bridge? Then the printer can
live on the upstairs hub but be reached from any PC in a wireless style.
Also, what is the limit on Wireless connects per AP? Would having 2 APs
reachable by each PC improve this, or would the PCs just talk to both APs?
I hope I've explained that well enough... probably not, knowing me.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dan.
Hi all...
Dunno if this is the place to ask this, but I need to set up a network in an
office across 2 floors; servers + internet connection + a few PCs on the
lower floor, with another 5 or 6 PCs on the upper floor.
So far, it's fairly straightforward; I'll just stick an AP near the servers
and bob's your uncle. All the PCs can see the internet.
However, the boss also wants the colour LaserJet upstairs, and it's got a
wired JetDirect card. Seeing as how I can get an access point for about
1/8th of the price of a wireless JetDirect card, the question is this:
If I've got an AP plugged into a hub downstairs, can I have a second AP
plugged into a second hub upstairs to act as a bridge? Then the printer can
live on the upstairs hub but be reached from any PC in a wireless style.
Also, what is the limit on Wireless connects per AP? Would having 2 APs
reachable by each PC improve this, or would the PCs just talk to both APs?
I hope I've explained that well enough... probably not, knowing me.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dan.