Wireless Bridges for Networking
Info
- Level: Beginner
- Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
- Date Created: July 29, 2010
- Length of Class: 12 Minutes
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Prerequisites
Purpose of Class
- This class shows students how wireless access points can be used to connect networks.
Topics Covered
- Why Wireless Bridges Are Used
- Creating a Wireless Bridge
Class Notes
- Wireless bridges can be used to connect networks in separate buildings, or inside of buildings where network cable cannot be run.
- You cannot use 2 wireless routers to create a bridge. One side HAS to be a dedicated Wireless Access Point
- In the Wireless Access Point set the access point to Bridge mode, and then enter the MAC address of the Wireless Router or Access Point it is connecting to.
- You can attach high powered antennas tot he access points ot make them work better.
- If you are going to use real time communication the bridge should be created with 802.11n equipment
3 Responses to Wireless Bridges for Networking
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That was a very helpful video. Thank you for explaining that. It brought up some more questions for me though.
Why does VoIP need to have a Wireless Bridge that runs Wireless N to work properly? Can you explain what Access point mode, AP client, Wireless repeating, Wireless bridging are? what are the differences between them? what are the similarities? can you explain in technical detail? are there any differences in how the signal is transmitted? do each of these affect frame/packet/segment transmission? which would be best for replacing an Ethernet cable? i just have a Vonage v-portal i want to be able to move out to the living room but this is proving difficult because of my equipment limitations. thank you for your time. any help from any source is appreciated.
A few too many questions. Basically for 802.11n it’s simply how the protocol was designed. A B and G were created before real time communication was important in wireless networking.
That was a very helpful video.