Wireless LAN Overview

Illustrated here is a typical scenario where a Wireless Bridge is used to wirelessly extend an Ethernet network. There are many types of 802.11 bridges and some of them use proprietary methods of interlinking and may not always offer the best compatibility or security. A preferable solution is to use a simple Wireless Bridge that can connect to any common infrastructure-type Access Point as a regular WPA client to provide a secured wireless connection. Once bridged, an additional Ethernet Switch can be used to expand the port capacity and link multiple Wired Ethernet computers to the LAN over the wireless bridge. This is a cheaper option than outfitting multiple fixed position Desktop PCs with wireless Ethernet cards and having to configure them.