[Ilugc] Require help on Access point and the wireless router.

[sri kumaran]

hi,
AFAIK most access points are just plug and play ..they do support bridging they are very much transparent to the LAN on the other side.just con
http://happyrouter.com/how-to-configure-a-cisco-wireless-access-point-ap-from-scratch

There is nothing really hard in trying few configurations.Pls go and ahead have some fun.Go for Cisco AP's they are really user friendly,my opinion.

@Mohan
Even in Mesh the ultimate termination will be your WAN so there is no performance improvement if you are switching for mesh.Mesh are mainly deployed for reliability of links.Here we have only big auditorium so APs will serve the purpose i guess.

Bye,
Sri
--- On Mon, 1/3/10, Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Require help on Access point and the wireless router.
To: "ILUG-C" <ilugc at ae.iitm.ac.in>
Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010, 8:17 PM

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:58 PM, sri kumaran <cyberdyne_indiya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi,
>  I am not an expert but i can tell what you can install to get the best.Get two wireless
>  access points , put them on two different extreme channels and configure them in  the
>  bridge mode and connect these AP to a switch which goes to your dsl modem
>  directly.Divide the expected users to use the two channels ..If required go for three access
>  points if you sufferer from serious speed problems.Also try to put the access pionts in the
>  center of the room spaced a few feets from each other.Keep the group updated!

Most commercially available access points do not support bridging mode
between the WAN ethernet port and the wireless subsystem. Bridging
will work across wireless and the LAN ethernet ports only. Load
distribution is difficult (may not matter though given thin WAN
bandwidth). Availability and support might skew your decision to this
solution, nevertheless.

To avoid these, I'd suggest a wifi mesh. Look up www.meraki.com. Last
I knew, they were sold at $50 apiece. Do not have much idea about
local availability of similar systems.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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