FW: [MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP

[Will Lotto]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Will Lotto [mailto:lotto at impulse.net.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2002 1:21 PM
To: 'Matt Boyd'
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP


Unless it's a *very* cheap AP I believe:

For all wireless connections: Hub
For wired network connection: Switch

Some cheap APs might HUB off and onto the local network, ie. then you'd
be spewing all your network traffic out on the wireless network. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Matt Boyd
Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2002 11:55 AM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP


Andre
since it doesn't have dedicated wires or ports to send over (radio waves
go 
everywhere) then surely it would be more hub like.



At 11:32 AM 30/05/02 +1000, you wrote:
>Ok, correct me if I'm wrong...
>
>So an AP is basically like a hub or a switch for wireless networks
>(which is it a switch or a hub?, I know the difference)
>
>and that's weird... my crappy Netcom 2 mbit access point I can use as a
>AP and I can connect it to my switch so it bridges to my wired LAN, so 
>your saying some/most AP's can't do that?
>
>I think my main question is that one up there, Does an AP act like a
>switch or a hub, i.e. broadcast all packets to every link, or just to 
>the IP its going to...
>
>...Ferni


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