Re: Repeater compatibility -- was: WET11, meta issue

Stephen Ronan wrote:
> Brian Lloyd wrote:
> 
>> Someone just pointed out the repeater function in the WET11. My 
>> question is, will this work with any other AP or is this a proprietary 
>> extension of the 802.11 spec that requires another LinkSys device as 
>> the main AP?
> 
> 
> 
> Don't know the answer to your question, and I'd also be interested to 
> know more about which access points can repeat which others. I was 
> surprised to learn this a while back:
> 
> "Repeater access points running Cisco IOS cannot associate to parent 
> access points that do not run IOS."
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?V3F51358A

That is what I was afraid of. So, at least with cisco I need to use 
all of the same flavor of AP. I can live with that but I need to 
understand it.

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