Od: "Stanley Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Glava Izvorno E-sporo?ilo Zadeva: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WDS firmware for WRT54G Datum: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:02:41 -0400 (EDT) Za: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> 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.