Recent content by willin2lrn

To: thiggins -- Thanks for the link. I got the tip to avoid the WAN port on another forum but no real explanation of what was going on. My laptop is an HP and it has wireless N that works fine on battery. I guess they figure if you're gonna connect to a wired lan, you can plug in power, too...

Issue resolved Issues resolved. Connecting and linking the EOC2611P transceivers as access point and client bridge worked perfectly after I figured out that my laptop's wired ethernet port is always off when running on battery power. The other key to making this all work was NOT using the WAN...

I did some research (hey, I found this site). I learned about a lot of gadgets I never used. And I found this thread about using a bridge between buildings. I ordered some new stuff. And now that it's sitting here in front of me, I've come to the conclusion I have no idea what I'm doing...