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Date:  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:53:39 -0500
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From:  Sam Lewis <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] wifi on desktop?

A bridge is a device that converts from one type of media to another.

I use the Linksys WET11 wireless to wire bridge in my workshop and connec=
t it to my hub.  In the house I use a Access Point which is connected to =
the hub in the house.  So the Access Point and Bridge connect the two wir=
ed networks
together.  You could just as easily use a bridge on each workstation that=
 has a regular Cat 5 network card and no drivers are required.

Check this URL for more info

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=3D602&scid=3D36

Other manufactures make these type of devices as well.

Sam

Maurice Gu=E9ron wrote:

> Hello Julian,
>
> I don't understand what a bridge is and what it does. Do you mean I cou=
ld connect a desktop equipped with a PCI (wired) adapter to a wifi networ=
k by using a bridge? Could you give an example of a bridge and of the req=
uired driver?
> TIA
> mg
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:49:18 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote:
>
> |The bridge is still worthy of mention as an alternative to a PCI wirel=
ess
> |card.
> |
> |On a recent vacation, I was able to use the Hampton Inn's wireless (fr=
ee!)
> |using their bridge - this was before I had my own card.
>
> Maurice GUERON, BIOP/PMC,
> Ecole polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
> phone: (33/0) 169 334 174  fax: (33/0) 169 333 004
> e-mail: mg@pmc.polytechnique.fr
> In case of problems only, use : gueron@idf.ext.jussieu.fr
>
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