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Group: comp.sys.mac.comm · Group Profile
Author: Bruce in alaskaBruce in alaska Date: Apr 1, 2008 10:19
In article news.west.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner michelle.org> wrote:
> The following is from a MacWorld review of the Airport Express
> (802.11n); it describes the ProxySTA option, which actually suits my
> purposes better than WDS.
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> "The Express is also the first AirPort Base Station to provide a new
> feature called ProxySTA. In this mode, the Express acts as a
> wireless-to-Ethernet bridge, extending your wireless network to wired
> clients such as a TiVo, a game console, or a room of Ethernet-networked
> computers. However, unlike an Express configured as a remote or relay
> base station, which shares or extends your wireless network to both
> wired and wireless clients, an Express set to ProxySTA does not extend
> or relay the network wirelessly; it acts only as a bridge. According to
> Apple, the benefits of ProxySTA are simpler setup
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