9. Putting it All Together

Table 1 is an attempt to summarize and compare the features of the components that can be used in a wireless bridge.

Table 1: Comparison of AP / AP/Bridges / Wireless Ethernet Bridges
Feature	AP	AP/Bridge	Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WEB)
Supports Infrastructure Mode Wireless Clients	Yes	Yes	No
Supports multiple Wired Clients	Yes	Yes	Yes
Acts as Infrastructure Mode Wireless Client	No	Yes (*)	Yes
Supports AdHoc Mode	No	No	Yes
Supports Point-to-Point Bridging	No	Yes	Yes
Supports Point-to-Multipoint Bridging	No	Yes	Yes
Connects to AP/Bridge set to Bridging mode	No	Yes	No
Connects to WEB set to AdHoc mode	No	No	Yes

* - Works only if you use two of the same AP/Bridge product that supports "AP Client" mode.

The good news is that you can now do for a few hundred bucks what used to cost well over a thousand, and you have a number of ways to do it! The bad news is that consumer-level prices doesn't mean consumer-friendly setup. But you now should be armed with the knowledge you need to build the wireless bridge you desire!