802.11g bridges?

[Allyn Fratkin]

does anyone have any experience with or recommendations
for 802.11g bridges?

i am currently using a linksys WET11 (802.11b) for my HD1000
and another device but want to upgrade to get better speed. i have a
netgear WGR614 router i use as an access point, which
i was disappointed to see is listed as "very poor performance"
when used with soundbridge. (hopefully that isn't an
overall condemnation of the unit itself but something particular
to the soundbridge).

i am looking at either the netgear WGE101 or linksys WET54GS5.
the linksys is interesting beacuse it has a 5-port switch built-in.

thanks for any help.

[Jared B. Reimer]

I am using the Linksys WRT54G AP (Sveasoft firmware) and an Apple
Airport Express. The Airport Express (in WDS mode) acts like an
802.11g repeater, bridge, and streaming music player, all at once.
(The myth that it can be a bridge/repeater OR a music player, but not
both, is untrue.) This works great for me. I use ReplaySix to
stream shows from my ReplayTV PVR to my HD1000 all the time --
wirelessly!

-- Jared

Post by Allyn Fratkin
does anyone have any experience with or recommendations
for 802.11g bridges?
i am currently using a linksys WET11 (802.11b) for my HD1000
and another device but want to upgrade to get better speed. i have a
netgear WGR614 router i use as an access point, which
i was disappointed to see is listed as "very poor performance"
when used with soundbridge. (hopefully that isn't an
overall condemnation of the unit itself but something particular
to the soundbridge).
i am looking at either the netgear WGE101 or linksys WET54GS5.
the linksys is interesting beacuse it has a 5-port switch built-in.
thanks for any help.
--
Escondido, CA http://www.fratkin.com/
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[Jay A. Kreibich]

Post by Allyn Fratkin
does anyone have any experience with or recommendations
for 802.11g bridges?

Just a reminder that if you have a 11g access point, *all* users of
that access point (including any 11g bridges) will drop to near-11b
speeds (~14Mb) if a single 11b client joins the network and associates
with the 11g access point.

In other words, if you have an old laptop with an 11b built-in, or
something like that, it may not be worth the money-- or you'll want to
pick a channel separation that allows you to run both an 11g and an 11b
access in parallel and associate the clients with the best access
point, depending on their hardware.

Or, if you're luckily enough to have 11g everything, it doesn't matter.

-j

[Allyn Fratkin]

Post by Jay A. Kreibich
Just a reminder that if you have a 11g access point, *all* users of
that access point (including any 11g bridges) will drop to near-11b
speeds (~14Mb) if a single 11b client joins the network and associates
with the 11g access point.

thanks for mentioning this. i think i read this somewhere a long
time ago but forgot completely about it.

i just verified it is true. i have a laptop with a g card and a
linksys wet11 (b). the g card transfers at around 660KB/s if the wet11
is turned on, but jumps to about 1710KB/s if the wet11 is unplugged.

i've ordered a linksys wet54gs5 so we'll see how that works when i'm
all 802.11g.

thanks again.