on 3/15/03 11:17 PM, Eric D. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This restriction makes me wonder whether it would be possible to daisy-chain > base stations, whether they be Apple or 3rd party (11/54 Mbit), and to have > *local* (i.e. non-internet) TCP/IP traffic "hop" between daisy chained base > stations)?
Is not what he is describing called "tunneling"? Also, cannot the new Airport Extreme base station do such things--i.e. act as both a bridge and a normal base station? I've got a wireless connection to our ISP, which is how I've even heard of these things, but it seems to me, that this sort of thing is possible, but complicated. I know that our connection is very unreliable at the moment, and our ISP still hasn't figured out how to get it to work... -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "[D]emocracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." --James Madison -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
