Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Pinging two devices on the same IP address

[Daniel da Veiga]

On 10/24/07, Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:28:16 +0100
> Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 24 Oct 2007, at 15:41, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> > > ...
> > > Simple home APs act just like that, no address for configs or
> > > anything, just a bridge to another network. These devices have no
> > > config at all, they simply create an SSID with no encryption to a
> > > wired network.
>
> I had a belkin AP that I think was like this.  The windows-only control
> program (wasn't running wine at the time) was a big reason I will
> probaby never buy one again.  Once you build a real router, you never
> go back...
>
> > > What he got is a WIRELESS ROUTER that acts like an Access Point,
> > > providing a gateway and forwarding, linked to another router...
> >
> > Where do you find this particular definition of an "access point"?
> > I would have believed the expression "wireless access point" to
> > include either class of device within its definition.
>
> I agree.  I think 'AP' has come to mean, perhaps a trifle informally,
> simply a device to allow wireless access to a wired network.
>

Exactly, at least where I live, if I go shopping for wireless devices,
APs are mostly this, and wireless routers are APs with routing and
forwarding. Its not like I was trying to define it, its simply how its
referred in some online stores, and thus I assumed that was the case
for the OP. Obviously I was wrong. No point in arguing that.

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