In <E1CjsvY-0000Zp-00@pop-a065c32.pas.sa.earthlink.net>, on 12/29/04 at
09:14 PM,
"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net> said:
>This is not quite true, athough at times it's hard to figure out what to
>call some of the devices we use. Strictly speaking an AP is a bridge.
>It convert ethernet packets modulated on a radio signal to ethernet
>packets that can travel over cat5 cable.
>The box might do other stuff such as acting as a DHCP server, NAT,
>routing, firewall and so on, but these are not what cause the box to be
>called an AP.
>I'm sure there are boxes out there that do nothing more than act as an
>AP.
My first wireless AP was just that and nothing more. Had to configure it
using windoze over a USB connection. It had one Ethernet port to connect
it to a wired network. It was a PITA so I bought a Netgear wireless
router which has all the additional stuff. Now a days it seems all the
wireless devices have at least a router and firewall builtin though.
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