Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Fri Aug 8 05:22:18 CDT 2008
Clear, very clear, and thank you. Router 1 and router 2 are connected wirelessly. So, I now know what is meant by a "bridge" as well. Thank you Stuart. Tina Stuart McLachlan wrote: > Most such SOHO (Small office/Home Office) wireless devices today (from Linksys, DLink > etc) are combined Access Points/Bridges, Hubs/Switches and Routers. Which one to call it > depends on how you are using it. > > It looks as though your "Router 1" is the actual Router in your setup. > > What you call "Router 2" is not a Router, it is purely a Wireless Access Point, even if it is > physically identical to "Router 1". > > "Router 1", in addition to being a Router is also a Wireless Access Point. > > If "Router 1" and "Router 2" are not linked by cable, they are also acting as a Bridge. This > provide the connection for: > 1. any computer connected to "Router 2" which accesses anything connected to "Router 1" > or which accesses the Internet and > 2. any computer connected to "Router 1" which access any computer connected to "Router > 2". (However, if these two devices are connected together by a network cable, they are not > Bridges <g>) > > In effect, you have two Wireless Access Points, one of which is also a Router and both of > which may or may not also be Bridges. > > Clear as mud? > > Cheers, > S > > On 7 Aug 2008 at 15:53, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > > >> Thanks to Gary, John, and Kathryn for the responses. I think I get it. >> In my setup, there is a router connected to the incoming wireless radio >> - call that router 1. Router 1 sends a signal to the router I have in >> my office - call that router 2. A wireless laptop computer can be >> connected to my Internet access from anywhere in the house by >> communicating with whichever router (1 or 2) is the nearer. So router 2 >> acts also as an access point for the wireless computers in my office. Yes? >> >> Tina >> >> >> Kathryn Bassett wrote: >> >>> Example: My 3days/week client has a large home. The router is in the >>> genealogy room so "my" computer is able to be wired to the router. There is >>> a wireless access point (AP) in the living room, in the guest room, and >>> another in the pool room. The AP can "see" the router, and in that manner is >>> "connected" just like my wired on. Hopefully that example will turn on the >>> light bulb of understanding. >>> >>> -- >>> Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) >>> "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" >>> kathryn at bassett.net >>> http://bassett.net >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of >>>> Tina Norris Fields >>>> Sent: 07 Aug 2008 3:51 AM >>>> To: DBA Tech List >>>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Wireless Terminology Question >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> What is the difference between a wireless router and a >>>> wireless access >>>> point? I'm reading up on the "how to" of installing wireless >>>> networks. >>>> I have one little one that I cobbled together by hit and miss >>>> tactics, >>>> but now I would like to know what I am really supposed to be >>>> doing. The >>>> page at >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx says >>>> to be sure to get a wireless router not a wireless access >>>> point. I know >>>> I have a router - it says so right on the box. But I don't know the >>>> difference between the two things. Thanks for any wisdom you >>>> care to share. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dba-Tech mailing list >>>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >