[186497] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: reliably detecting the presence of a bridge?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Sat Dec 19 18:16:18 2015
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From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:15:46 -0600
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On 12/19/2015 16:53, James R Cutler wrote:
[snip]
>> But I still have one question (which might be based on errors)--
>>
>> I think I have used WiFi terminals ("air ports", "WiFi routers"
>> [spit]) that offer a "bridge" mode, apparently to build a dedicated
>> radio link between two such terminals.
>>
>> Are they operating as a Radia Perlman "bridge", or is this yet
>> another example if the Wiffy World high-jacking words and terms
>> that used to have actual meanings?
>>
>
> Bridge Mode (ATT Passthrough) simply means that the router between
> the WAN connection and the LAN/WiFi ports is turned off and all ports
> share the same switch (so packets just “pass through”. Thus all ports
> appear connected to a common switch. Call that what you will, there
> is no spanning tree here even though we all love Radia.
I have three radios in my little toy network (two because the original
installation was in a big house that had annoying dead spots with only
one, one because I had to replace the router and the router replacement
included a radio).
I just looked at one (I'm pretty sure the others are similar of the
same) that has a pick fir "AP Mode" which offers "Access Point (default)
which is what I run, "AP Client", "Wireless Repeater" and "Wireless Bridge".
I just realized that I don't know (or don't remember--I am old) what the
documentation says (see--I am so old I think there IS documentation and
that it WILL explain stuff.)
>> -- sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
>
> Nobody.
Heh
--
sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
