thx for the documentation! that is exactly what i'm looking for. -doug At 06:37 AM 12/15/2002 -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
Linux Rocks ! wrote:
> On Saturday 14 December 2002 12:49 pm, Doug Yeager wrote:
> : k, for all those network designers out there. i think this question is
> : fairly simple one.
> : i have an appartment complex that wants wireless. i've never put it more
> : than one access point...but this will require more than one. i would think
> : it is really neat if you could roam between them but it is o.k. if you
> : can't...not a biggy.
> : what i want to do is this:
> : T1 coming into the building to an access point. then i want to place other
> : AP's in various rooms in the building acting as AP's also because it is
> : bigger than a radius of 300 feet so that one AP could not handle all rooms.
> : in order to use one T1 internet connection, is it possible to connect AP's
> : together without wires? or do i need to wire all AP's together on a wired
> : network? it would be totolly great if i could just route all traffic over
> : wireless from one AP to another....eliminating the need to wire anything up
> : for this.
> : also, am i getting into a situation where a "bridge" might be required to
> : do this. any docs on this and how to use one DHCPD server to handle all
> : AP's would be much appreciated.
> : thx,
> : doug
Doug, you might want to check out NewburyOpen.net. They're an ISP in
Boston who are "wiring" a small commercial district for 802.11. They
have some documentation on their site that explains the architecture
they used.
http://www.newburyopen.net/
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Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
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