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 connect 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 wired 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.
Other manufactures make these type of devices as well.
Sam
Maurice Guéron wrote:
> Hello Julian,
>
> I don't understand what a bridge is and what it does. Do you mean I could connect a desktop equipped with a PCI (wired) adapter to a wifi network by using a bridge? Could you give an example of a bridge and of the required 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 wireless
> |card.
> |
> |On a recent vacation, I was able to use the Hampton Inn's wireless (free!)
> |using their bridge - this was before I had my own card.
>
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