On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 -0000 (UTC) Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 -0000 (UTC) > > Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > > > >> Joe wrote: > >> > [...] > >> > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > >> > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. > >> > Indeed, many routers can be configured as VLANs. > >> > >> Hubs pretty much are. Not entirely sure where you're thinking switches > >> are "software-based" though. Switching is typically done in ASICs these > >> days ... > >> > >> > > >> > I had a different problem recently, trying to work out which of a few > >> > high-bandwidth 802.11ac routers could be configured in pairs as wireless > >> > point-to-point links, which also uses the term 'bridging', and no, they > >> > can't all do it. But documentation is usually very poor for the > >> > lesser-used functions of most things. 'Bridging' is also used to mean > >> > wireless repeating, which is a different thing again. > >> > >> Honestly, I'd never trust an "all-in-one" consumer router for that (even > >> if it "supports" it on the box). Pair of purpose-built radios (e.g. > >> Ubiquiti AirMAX) would probably do best for that situation. > > > > FWIW, I recently followed these directions: > > > > https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/atheroswds > > > > to use an old Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH to bring network connectivity to a > > server in a location without ethernet cabling and lacking wireless > > hardware. The Buffalo is configured as a wireless client connecting to > > the main switch / router / AP (a TP-Link Archer [A]C2600), and the > > Buffalo's wired switch is bridged to the rest of the network. The > > TP-Link and Buffalo are both running OpenWRT [LEDE]. > > > > I'm not sure if I'm using the terminology correctly [...] > > Yep, you've got the terms right. > > Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it? > or is it JUST trying to pretend that it's a client device to the > TP-Link? I'm not using the Buffalo to provide wireless connectivity to any clients. The page I linked to does have instructions for doing that, but I don't need it. Celejar
