Impressions of Engenius ECB-8610?

[Ken Caruso]

Mark Dueck wrote:
> I just bought 3 Engenius 3054 CB3 Plus Deluxe - 
> 200mW 802.11g Client Bridge  from Jefatech, 
> hoping to connect them in WDS mode using WPA for security.
>
> Will this not work then?
>   

WDS does not support WPA only WEP, some APs can be a WPA AP to clients 
and also a WDS repeater. But they cannot do WPA between WDS nodes. In 
regards to the discussion about WDS sucking or being unreliable, it 
works but has great impact on performance. You are creating a big 
wireless broadcast domain and all radios involved (AP, WDS and client) 
are operating on the same channel. There is a good summary of WDS here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System

-Ken
ken at ipl31.net


> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> At 04:44 PM 10/26/2006, you wrote:
>   
>> Speaking of WDS, I've gotten it running between Apple and Trendnet
>> products and for my particular need it works great.  However I've
>> heard about lots of problems with WDS in general.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>> ----Message d'origine----
>> De: fweston at gmail.com
>> Date: 26.10.2006 19:45
>> À: "SeattleWireless Talk List"<talk at seattlewireless.net>
>> Objet: Re: Impressions of Engenius ECB-8610?
>>
>> Hmm.  I know Cisco has their own WDS implementation, I think it's
>> proprietary, but I've heard good things about it.  $200/ap is a
>> lot
>> more attractive to me than $600/ap though.  :-/
>>
>> On 10/25/06, Bryan Sutton <blsutton at sourpuss.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> The last I knew (and also because of bad experiences with) NOBODY
>>>       
>> has
>>     
>>> made WDS work correctly. Get a GOOD warranty, in writing.
>>>
>>> BLS
>>>
>>> Fred Weston wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Just looked at Engenius' site for the first time in quite a
>>>>         
>> while and
>>     
>>>> noticed they now support WDS with the ECB-8610:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.engeniustech.com/datacom/products/details.aspx?
>>>>         
>> id=182
>>     
>>>> Wondering if anybody has any good/bad first hand experience
>>>>         
>> with them,
>>     
>>>> especially with the WDS feature.
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