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Originally Posted by MaggieL
I beleve a "wireless bridge" doesn't use an Ethernet connection...it receieves and retransmits the packets that it hears, making it possible for a packet to travel further than a single radio hop would permit.
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That would be mesh networking if it involved more than one wireless point. I believe mesh networking is coming in 802.11s. We are still waiting for 802.11n to be approved. I believe the 802.11s design will be based upon a Motorola technology which in turn was learned from designing military mesh networks.
Motorola equivalent on a metropolitian area network is called Canopy. Aspects of that same technology also may be implemented in WiMax or WiBro.
Meanwhile, using a wireless router as a communication repeater between two wireless computers has long been available. But I don't know if it works between 802.11b and 802.11g access points. It should.
Some routers do permit multiple wireless points to bridge to distant computers. But the routers must be from same manufacturer and I believe it is limited to only (maybe) four wireless points.