Re: USR2450 implimentation

I'm looking into cipe now.

Is WDS possible with CIPE?  From what I understand CIPE will encrypt an 
IP connection...  I'm guessing that in a simple wireless bridging setup 
you would do this on wlan0.  But I'm wondering when you have a br0 
wrapped around eth0 and multiple wds'...  What to do?

If I have:

[Linux1] --- [AP1] === [AP2] === [WinXP1]
                 ^ === [AP3] === [WinXP2]
                           ^ --- [Win98]

"---" is wired
"===" is wireless

Even if all APs where not in a WDS mess, which they currently are, what 
makes sense?

Seems like CIPE from AP1 to AP2 and AP1 to AP3 in a simpler WDS config 
would work... But how would WinXP1 and WinXP2 talk CIPE without much hastle?

I'm open to any ideas...

Thanks,
-Scott

Roy wrote:

>As I found on inet, wep is quite useless anyway. it takes about 1-3 days to
>hack in.
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>you can use cipe which is supposed to be secure.  and is more or less
>implemented in latest flash.
>(it is same as ipsec)
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>I use unsecure network, and performance is still bad, 16mhz(bogomips) cpu is
>capable for 350kbytes/s
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>if you set it to 32mhz it can transfer little more than 400kbytes/s but
>requires heatsink on cpu.
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>this is between same type aps (USR2450)
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>USR2450 was capable to receive 500kbytes/s
>and transmit 350kbytes/s tcp traffic for me.
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>since it is not duplex it decreases speed about 30% or teoretical maximum
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Scott Serr" <[email protected]>
>To: "Linux Access Point Development" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:49 PM
>Subject: [LinuxAP-dev] USR2450 implimentation
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>>[I was beginning to doubt the viability of my USR2450s, it
>>seems you
>>guys are still interested in advancing with them...]
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>>I am doing WDS and WEP on a 4 node (all USR2450) system.  The
>>performance is pretty bad.  I know that both of these kill
>>performance...  Can someone tell me from experience what to expect from
>>WEP vs non-WEP?  Speeds?  Also, what are some alternatives to WEP?
>>IPSec?  But can the 2450 do that?
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>>I'm thinking that maybe I will have the users VPN into a server that is
>>accessible through the '"'public'"' non-WEP wireless mesh-thing.  But it
>>would be better if I didn't have to throw a full sized computer at the
>>problem.  Also, the public wireless network could be abused or DOSed.
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>>Right now I have WDS on each of the 4 APs bridging to the other 3 APs.
>>I might have some weird cascading going on.  But I thought WDS was
>>supposed to find shortest routes for you?
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>>Any advice?
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>>Thanks,
>>-Scott
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>>PS- I have recently purchased a WRT54G to add to the mix or run beside.
>>Maybe that can have enough RAM and CPU to do IPSec for the others?
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