[quote=“radiocloclo”]it is planned to put a wifi
card on the VM201?
Thank you for your answer.
Claude[/quote]
Guess what??
The open space on the bottom right corner was originally meant to have a WiFi module, but they stopped that development…
Isn’t it possible to connect the card to any standard wifi access point?
From my previous post you could read that there is NO wifi
possible…
They ORIGINALLY made place for such a module on the VM201
But… They cancelled it…
No WiFi!!
damage …
From my previous post you could read that there is NO wifi
possible…
They ORIGINALLY made place for such a module on the VM201
But… They cancelled it…
No WiFi!![/quote]
So you are saying I cannot plug this VM201 into an “access point” like my good old D-Link DWL900AP+ and use it just as any other wireless device on my network?
With all due respect, I have the feeling you have no clue what a “wifi access point” is. It is NOT a chip to be installed on the VM201. It is a device that converts an antenna into an ethernet cable, acting as a wifi device.
From my previous post you could read that there is NO wifi
possible…
They ORIGINALLY made place for such a module on the VM201
But… They cancelled it…
No WiFi!![/quote]
So you are saying I cannot plug this VM201 into an “access point” like my good old D-Link DWL900AP+ and use it just as any other wireless device on my network?
With all due respect, I have the feeling you have no clue what a “wifi access point” is. It is NOT a chip to be installed on the VM201. It is a device that converts an antenna into an ethernet cable, acting as a wifi client.[/quote]
I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about???
I own an ICT company, specialised in wireless… so I guess I don’t know anything…
Right??
An accesspoint is meant to be accessed WIRELESSly.
What you just explained is NOT an AP but a so called ‘Wireless Bridge’…
You could use an Apple Airport Express as ‘Wireless Bridge’;
couple it wirelessly to a wireless network, and you can connect the VM201 to the LAN socket
Hope you agree with me this time…
No, I don’t. I don’t care what you own or not and you probably don’t care about my credentials, so let’s not turn this into a pissing match.
Regardless of what you think certain terminology actually means, a wireless access point is just the point where cable becomes radio waves on the air or vice versa. Nothing more and nothing less. Even Steve Jobs didn’t have the power to change that.
I still believe that I can use my good old DWL900AP+ to connect a VM201 to a wireless network. Call it a bridge if you want, but at the bottom line, WIFI is possible, isn’t it?
Yeah … sorry 
Or did you mean to say popcorn? 
No, I don’t. I don’t care what you own or not and you probably don’t care about my credentials, so let’s not turn this into a pissing match.
Regardless of what you think certain terminology actually means, a wireless access point is just the point where cable becomes radio waves on the air or vice versa. Nothing more and nothing less. Even Steve Jobs didn’t have the power to change that.
I still believe that I can use my good old DWL900AP+ to connect a VM201 to a wireless network. Call it a bridge if you want, but at the bottom line, WIFI is possible, isn’t it?[/quote]
Wikipedia:
‘In computer networking, a wireless access point (AP) is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, or related standards.’
A VM201 is not a wireless device.
No, nobody said that, but an access point makes it possible to connect a VM201 with a wireless network.
Like MostlyHarmless clearly says:
[quote]Regardless of what you think certain terminology actually means, a wireless access point is just the point where cable becomes radio waves on the air or vice versa. Nothing more and nothing less. Even Steve Jobs didn’t have the power to change that.
[/quote]
[quote=“tulipman”]Wikipedia:
‘In computer networking, a wireless access point (AP) is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, or related standards.’
A VM201 is not a wireless device.[/quote]
The VM201 is not a wireless device, correct.
But here is my current home configuration:
I have a fiber optic cable coming into my house and the ONT provides an RJ45 ethernet port. Into that I plug my own FreeBSD box.
That FreeBSD box has actually 3 NICs and runs PF. One is just the link to the ONT. One is a segment for a “guest” network, which has a wireless router and some cable network TV boxes on it. The third NIC is connected to a gigabit switch.
That third “internal” gigabit switch has 8 ports. Some of them have PCs connected via CAT5E. One has a wireless router in access point mode connected to it via CAT5E.
That wireless router in access point mode is broadcasting an SSID. It also acts as a switch with another PC, a printer and a VOIP box connected.
Another wireless access point at the other side of the house is running in client mode, connecting to that SSID. Behind that access point is another switch, that connects to 3 other PCs. All again via CAT5E cable.
This all is one single class C segment. None of these (retarded) wireless thingies is directly connected to anything harmful, like the internet. The FreeBSD box with the 3 NICs at the top is my Firewall, DHCP and DNS server for the whole segment. If I do a ping from that FreeBSD box to one of the PCs behind the second AP (on the other side of the house), there clearly is a wireless connection involved here. There are packets transferred between the FreeBSD box and the PC. But which one is the wireless device and which one is the wireless AP in your opinion? Neither of them have any wireless hardware.
Or are all of the end points wired devices and there is a wireless bridge in between? Does that mean that a wireless bridge is nothing but a wireless connection between two wired parts of a network segment? If so, what exactly is the difference between a bridge and two access points?
[quote=“MostlyHarmless”][quote=“tulipman”]Wikipedia:
‘In computer networking, a wireless access point (AP) is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, or related standards.’
A VM201 is not a wireless device.[/quote][/quote]
The VM201 is not a wireless device, correct.
Q: Does that mean that a wireless bridge is nothing but a wireless connection between two wired parts of a network segment?
A: It is
A WB gives you a LAN socket at the end, in which you plop your VM201