3COM Corp 54MB 802.11A UPG-KIT FOR 8200 ( 3CRWEAMOD75A )

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This device is very expensive for what it does.

This is advertised as a device that will wirelessly connect a small wired LAN to a main network having a wireless access point. It has two major flaws in this regard. First, the bridge does not pass NETBIOS traffic, which means Windows file/print sharing won't work. You have to configure the bridge in "single client mode" for this to work. A single client does not qualify as a workgroup to my way of thinking. Second, clients connected to the bridge cannot get dynamic IP addresses from a DHCP server located on the other side of the wireless link. Static IP configuration must be used.

On the positive side, the bridge does support WPA2-PSK security. Throughput seems to be very good.

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