On Monday, September 20, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Franklin wrote:
I want to play at home with wireless but before I go spending, I thought
that I would confirm a few things first. Please correct me if I am wrong.
[I have an iMacG4/700, G4AGP, G3MT, PM5500 some with OSX some with OS9, connected via 10/100 ethernet switch]
You can use an '11g ethernet to wireless bridge' box to enable just about
any mac to connect with a 54 MB 11g system. (But dont you need to be using
OSX 10.3 for it to understand 11g and airport protocols? or will OS 9.1 do
or even an SE30 with an ethernet card!?)
All the Mac knows is that it's connected to an ethernet network. The bridge deals with the 802.11g stuff. These things will work with anything that has an ethernet port.
Is there any difference between an 'ethernet to wireless bridge' and a
wireless access point (which presumably has an ethernet port and a wireless
port just like a bridge would have)
Yes. A wireless access point (WAP) connects many wireless clients to the wired ethernet, the bridge connects one client to a WAP. Many WAP's also have more than one wired port, so that you can have wired and wireless segments of your network. Many are also routers, handling the connection between your LAN and the Internet.
If you're able to locate the WAP near your wireless-challeneged desktop, you can forgo the wireless bridge, and simply use the wired connection on the WAP.
It really depends on your network and physical topology, and if you're connecting to the Internet as well, or simply creating a LAN.
Since you already HAVE a wired LAN a WAP mounted near the switch, and connected to a port on the switch will add a wireless segment to your network without fuss.
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