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Date:  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:41:43 -0600
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From:  Sam Lewis <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] OS/2 Access Point

Sam Lewis wrote:

>John Poltorak wrote:
>
>  
>
>>On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:00:31PM -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>John -
>>>
>>>On 12/10/2003 09:45 am, John Poltorak thus wrote :
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:10:42AM -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>All traffic must pass through the AP. There is no direct
>>>>>station-to-station traffic.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Of course there is!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Not in infrastructire mode.
>>>      
>>>
>>Obviously some misunderstanding here. I thought you meant there was no
>>direct station-to-station traffic in *any* circumstances...
>>
>>    
>>
>>>BSS (Basic Service Set) defines the use of
>>>an AP to pass station-to-station traffic. in fact, the Sputnik managed
>>>access points which we are now deploying in hotspots (www.sputnik.com)
>>>specifically preclude station-to-station transport through the AP for
>>>security reasons (e.g., if I get an IP of 192.168.1.10, and you get an
>>>IP of 192.168.1.11, we cannot ping one another).
>>>      
>>>
>>Presumably they can if the AP is set as the default route...
>>
>>    
>>
>
>An access point is not a router.  However there are router's with access point
>functionality.  Anyway an AP doesn't route traffic.
>
>  
>
Are you guy's talking about using an OS/2 Desktop system with a wireless 
NIC as an Access Point?
Sam

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