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Airport Extreme Bridging
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Jan 10, 2003, 06:32 AM
 
If I understand what I've read about the new AE, you can have one in one end of the house and say another in your garage and they will be wirelessly bridged together. What I want to know is this; does the second base station have to be wired in any way other that the electrical connection. If not this will be fantastic. You can set another base station anywhere and have a much extended ranch.

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Jan 10, 2003, 09:23 PM
 
That is the whole point of station-to-station bridging. So yes, you can have one base station connected to the 'net/lan connection, then configure the second to bridge. It will get its connection to 'net/lan from the first that it is bridging.
     
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Jan 10, 2003, 11:40 PM
 
What? I need to learn some of this stuff. So only one needs to be plugged into the "net" meaning, if I have DSL in one room, I would connect that one base station to it, and have the second base station a ways away (as long as it's in range of the first), simply plugged into an electrical outlet? No DSL connection going into that second base station?
     
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Jan 11, 2003, 12:26 AM
 
So in essence you are buying a $200 Wireless Repeater? Not too hot on the price, but for $400, you could saturate a home wirelessly! Swwwweeeetttt....Cancer twice as fast

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