I've seen the same behaviour here. Just place a (Linux) router on the hill. Besides the router may have aditional useful features, like access control and bandwidth shaping. A simple to use Linux distro for such use is Mikrotik, www.mikrotik.com, but of course any distro will do.
Mihai Salvador Ferrairo wrote: > Hi, I've a doubt with this unit ... > > I'm planning to do a wireless network in this sense ... > > All the wireless devices are WAP11 units V1.0 running 14g7 firmware (well > they are actually conceptronic C11APA > http://www.conceptronic.net/products.asp?p=C11APA&Aktie=1&mt=C11APA&mp=11 > but both WAP11 and Conceptronic are oem products of the GL2411AP from Global > Suntech http://www.globalsuntech.com, and are the same ) > > > What I intent to do is the following ... there will be one of the WAP's in a > hill as a Access Point and the rest of the units as AP Clients down below > ... in that sense I thougth that all the computers behind one AP Client will > be visible by another AP Client making a big WAN ... > > That is not working ... the AP in the hill can see all the Clients .. but > one client only sees the acces point, so I cant access the other computers > behind the other Clients. > > I've tryed all the modes and it does not work (or I don't know how to do it) > > - Has anyone done this and can help me on how to do it ? > > In the Global Suntech page > http://www.globalsuntech.com/support/fae/globalfae_%20gl2411AP%20_11mbps_acc > ess_point.htm says .... > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Global Sun Access Point supports for four modes : > Access Point: AP only works as a bridge to communicate between Ethernet LAN > and Wireless Client. > > Access Point and repeater function enabled: AP works as a bridge to > communicate between Ethernet LAN and > > Wireless Client. Access Point also can use radio to communicate with other > Access Point if repeater function is enabled. > Inter-building (point-to-point): Two Access Points can use radio to > communicate. > > Multi-point to Multi-point: Several Access Points can use radio to > communicate with each other. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > I thougth that the secon mode (Access Point and repeater function enabled) > will be ok for my needs .. but I haven't seen how to do it. > > If I have to put a linux box onto the hill it will be no problem > > If anyone can help it will be apreciated > > Salva Ferrairo > > Spain > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
