Question about wireless AP in client mode??

[jdbeast0000]

Hello,

Here's my situation. I live in a 3 story home, and my wireless router (netgear) is located on the second floor so that i get a good connection on all 3 floors. My bedroom is on the third floor, and I have xbox, replay tv, several computers..etc. I would like a LAN (?) in my bedroom so that I don't need a seperate network adapter for each of my components. I wanted to buy some sort of device that would communicate with my router wirelessly and allow me to connect my wired devices in my room.

I was thinking that a bridge would be right for this, but upon further investigation i found out that bridges need a sibling bridge on the other end, and I would prefer to keep the netgear router if possible.

After reading this: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Modes.html
I came to the conclusion that an Access Point in "Client" mode was what I needed. These seem hard to find. Am I on the right track?

thanks

 

[ktwebb]

Client mode is bridging back to an AP. It is a workgroup bridge at that point. Shouldn't be too hard to find. I'd think any Netgear Access Point will have a client mode, or the ability to bridge back to an AP. The only one I looked at on their site, wg602, supports WDS, so you can use it to bridge to your AP/Router combo. Bridging does not have to meet any Wi-fi Cert, which means there is no guarantee one Mfg's device will work with anothers. However, something like a WET11 or WET54 from linksys will normally work across vendor models.

 

[jdbeast0000]

I checked out the wg602, it doesn't look like it supports client mode. It does support bridging, but only wiht another wg602 configured in bridge mode. Correct me if i am mistaken.... also, the unit gets terrible reviews...

Are there any AP's that get good ratings for client mode? also, does supporting WDS automatically mean that it will work as an AP in client mode?