From: "Stanley Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:02:41 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Stanley Sidlov" <stanleys@cybernex.net>
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WDS firmware for WRT54G
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:18:41 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:

>And,
>upon seeing your explanation, my little four system network is not
>likely to put enough of a load to warrant such modifications.

Y'welcome. Well, it's for the WRT54G series only. BUT, WDS is suitable for SOHO situations 
where the office is in an outbuilding or locations where signal strength is not good, and 
where multiple computers are installed. So instead of having several wireless adaptors 
that may get weak signals and difficult setups, you put in a WDS unit which is always 
better at capturing the main unit's signal, to rebroadcast and connect the local clients 
with a strong signal. Also, at $50/unit, it may be cheaper than buying several wireless 
cards/nics and supports 4 computers with wires. 

Also, since it's G wireless, you can use better encryption, and the clients can be hard 
wired to the router box rather than using the weaker WEP encryptions. 

But, I have  found with 6 computers, that having a Gigabyte SWITCH attached to the WRT for 
the wired computers, makes the WRT much more stable since the intranet load is reduced. 
So, I only have my Print Server, and wireless clients connecting to my WRT and the hard 
wired computers connect only to the SWITCH. Makes watching video at any client from the 
network storage much easier.