<
skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
> and while the noobness of mutagi is established...
>
> ... well, from experience, some APs like the Ubiquity
> nano/pico-stations are fully wireless-routers and access points in a
> single package.... while others are more distinct, like the linksys
> ones, where u have strict wireless-router models, and different AP
> (access-point) modles
> wireless routers (of the cheap linksys kind... at least the old ones i
> used) basically assembled a *basic* AP and a router. So you would use
> it to connect to you're ISP and at the same time create a simple
> wireless network from it... and that's it. If you have a second WRT54G
> (the model i used), you could not "WDS" the two APs ... wikipeidia
> "wireless distribution service". So creating a larger wireless network
> composed of two WRTs was quite tricky, especially if you're were gong
> to do it entirely using wireless (no wires or a wired-switch
> in-between.... just hooking them up via the airwaves. )
> wireless APs are cooler is some ways coz of the many "transmission
> modes" they have. I have a cheap d-link AP that can "universally"
> boost any wireless network, or WDS with other APs (basically, WDS
> creates a mesh-network of APs, allowing you to deploy a single large
> and widespread wireless network. picture how GSM cell-towers work, and
> how u can move around in a car with ur call being passed from on tower
> to the next without a break in your call). It could even act as a sort
> of wireless card (you hook it up to ur PC, and use its admin-interface
> to connect to wireless network in the same manner you would with an
> onboard wireless card on that PC... something along those lines). i
> think it can also act as a bridge... i think, in which case, only
> other APs can connect to it (no PC clients)
>
> .... but then, APs like the ubiquity-kind have a lot of the above in a
> single package. My pico can route, bridge, WDS, act as a normal
> access-point and....er... yeah, i think thats it. and it goes for
> 7-15k (trust me, the range is that wide for the same picostation-2-HP)
>
> ... so (to make some frenemies), dont mind the trolling mutugi.
> everyone starts out as a noob, even the trolls... only that, like
> primary school bullies, they just have some insecurities, and the
> troll lashing somehow helps them to manage it (... may be some still
> live with their mums, or were noobs themselves well into their 30s, or
> they never finsihed their undergrad, hehehehehe). don't mind them :-)
> there's a good samaritan for every blonde, noob post :-)
> i'm no samaritan btw... i'm quite the noob, wannabe-geek myself, but
> always willing to help out a fellow no0b when i can ;-)
>
> On 8/7/11, James Nzomo <
kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
>> DID I STUTTER?
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Skunkworks mailing list
>
Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
>
http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks
> ------------
> Skunkworks Rules
>
http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94
> ------------
> Other services @
http://my.co.ke
>
_______________________________________________
Skunkworks mailing list
Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks
------------
Skunkworks Rules
http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94
------------
Other services @
http://my.co.ke
