device to make a wireless link

[TechBoyJK]

Here is what I want..

I want to take a cat5 cable that connects two switches.

cut cable in half, put tips on each end.

On the end of each new tip, connect a device that concert ethernet signal to wireless. point both wireless adapters at each other to re-establish link.

i guess these are bridge devices??

this looks like what I want.

pair of wireless bridge devices

looks like you just plug in ethernet to both sides, and they establish the link. 3 mile radius

 

[fwei]

Yea. It is a "wireless bridge." Many various names, but they all do the same thing.

It's one of the reasons dd-wrt, tomato, openwrt, etc. are very popular.

I've got 3 wireless bridges in my network. 1 in a different neighbor's house. We all share internet.

 

[JackMDS]

Any decent Access Points can do it.

That is what the Real Bridge mode in an Access Point is for.

When in Bridge Mode the two Access Points only talk one to the other and regular Wireless in infrastructure mode can not connect to them.