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   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: wireless client bridge connection to   
   20 Nov 21 07:24:04   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.networking.routers   
   From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am Sat, 20 Nov 2021 06:06:12 +0200   
   schrieb Rudolph Rhein :   
      
   > 1. The desktop has Ethernet but not Wi-Fi.   
   > 2. I have a router set up as a wireless client bridge.   
   > 3. That connects the desktop to the home router access point.   
   >   
   > But...   
   >   
   > I can't get the same desktop to work with the mobile phone access   
   > point. A. I turn on the mobile phone access point on the phone   
   > B. A laptop with Wi-Fi can easily connect to that mobile phone AP   
   > C. But the router as a wireless bridge cannot establish the connection   
      
   Is the "router" (is is not a router in this context, because it does   
   not route anything) configured as a WDS repeater?   
      
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