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A wireless device designed to work with another bridge as a simple
point-to-point (p2p) link between two separated segments of a wired
network.
Some bridges also support point-to-multipoint (p2mp) mode. A bridge
in p2mp mode may accept connections from more than one bridge in p2p
mode.
Many Access Points [1] on the market today support p2p and p2mp
bridging modes. But since there is no established industry standard
for bridging, p2p between two APs from different vendors may not work.
Some more expensive bridges are designed purely for the business
market and only do bridging mode - they are not APs.
It is a client connection more or less, it talks to an AP or
another bridge (but not in ad-hoc) and links 2 wired networks
together, bridges usually also are able to act as access points, but
not usually simultaneously
Layer2 Ethernet [2] device.
Forwards ethernet frames/layer2 packets between segments based on MAC
[3] address.
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?AccessPoint
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Ethernet
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MAC
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