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

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 11, 2002 @11:25PM 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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I bought one by DirkDaring · 2002-09-12 00:13 · Score: 5, Informative

It's a great little unit. Been playing around with it for about a month. It can use an external antenna (RP-SMA connector) also. It's also 70mW, which helps out on the transmissions.

There are a few current threads about the WET-11 for Wireless ISPs here:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,4123612~r oo t=dslalt~mode=flat

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,3915738~r oo t=dslalt~mode=flat

Dirk