[olug] Wireless bridge

Adam Lassek adam at doubleprime.net
Mon May 18 01:06:37 UTC 2009


Every wireless bridge I have seen has a switch to change the port from
crossover to standard.

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 14:30, Abraham Serafino <abrahams at teknohazard.com
> >wrote:
> > Yes, that's my device. And I was rather hoping to do pretty much exactly
> > that, minus hub. Couldn't I just plug my non-wireless devices (my desktop
> > computer) straight into the CB3000?
>
> If you don't use a hub, you might have to use a "crossover" cable to
> connect
> your PC to this device - it all depends on the abilities of this bridge.
> (In short, if a regular RJ45 network cable doesn't make the link lights
> light up, you might want to put a hub/switch between the two devices.)
>
> Good luck - sounds like this device should "just work" since you already
> have wireless in your house.
>
> Dan
>
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