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Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article ,
> neillmassello RemoveThis @earthlink.net (Neill Massello) wrote:
>
> > > I may buy an access point this week, and try it with that.
> >
> > This will be a waste of time unless the access point can also operate
> > in client mode or can do WDS with your existing wireless router. What
> > you need is an Ethernet-to-wireless adapter or "bridge".
>
> I thought that was the same thing as an access point. Thanks for the
> clarification. I appreciate it.
Michelle-
After being out of town for a few weeks, I just discovered this old,
dying horse, and figured I would beat it a little more!
I went through about the same thing you did, back when the AirPort
Express first came out. My objective was to have wireless access from a
Beige G3 Minitower. That particular model had a conflict with the video
circuits, so a PCI wireless card would not work. I had tried several
other-brand wireless routers and access points with no luck. One
so-called bridge did not work with AppleTalk.
I attempted to use the AirPort setup program to access the Express from
a PowerBook via direct connection with an Ethernet cable. I discovered
that the program was using its built-in Airport instead of the cable.
When I turned off the Airport, the setup program turned it back on
again! I never found a way to communicate with it through the Ethernet
WAN port.
Then someone in one of the newsgroups pointed out an Apple URL that
stated the Express could not be used in a client mode via the Ethernet
port. The WDS configuration apparently acts as a client for the music
and USB printer, but not for anything connected to the Ethernet port.
The eventual solution was to use a Buffalo wireless router configured in
WDS mode. I succeeded doing it both ways, with either the Buffalo or
the old Airport Extreme Base Station working as the WDS client.
The WDS approach works very well in a local system, but does not allow
access to a foreign base station. I found a Belkin USB wireless adapter
that would work as an 802.11b client, but the OS 9 and OS 10.2 drivers
were a bit flakey.
Fred
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