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Linksys WET11: Bridge 30 Devices To Any Wi-Fi Network

Posted by timothy on from the dreamcast-or-whatever dept.

eggboard writes "The Linksys WET11 lets you bridge a wired network with up to 30 devices to any wireless access point that uses Wi-Fi. The utility is enormous: you could build a pseudo-mesh network by pairing cheap Wi-Fi APs with this cheap ($129) Wi-Fi bridge. Before this, the only generic Wi-Fi bridge was proprietary: you'd buy a bridge from Alvarion that paired with one of their hubs, and spend several hundred each. Even the dual-WAP11 bridge approach of last year was wonky and required extra gear (although it can handle more devices than 30 since it's a protocol bridge, not a MAC bridge). I review the WET at O'Reilly's wireless developer's site."

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  1. For those of you who are wondering.... by z_gringo · · Score: 1, Funny

    wonky Pronunciation Key (wngk)
    adj. Chiefly British wonkier, wonkiest
    Shaky; feeble.
    Wrong; awry.

    I had to look it up myself, but there you go. It really IS a word...

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  2. Re:ok by rnd() · · Score: 5, Funny
    and the device is entry-level

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  3. Bridges by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is a good thing... we should be building bridges, not burning them.

  4. Suck my bandwidth by jkeychan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great, 30+ devices sharing a cable/DSL connection. I can't wait to get the clockspeeds on that.

  5. Re:Weather-proof? by Spunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    You expect something called "WET" to be weather proof?