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They are probably dumb rebroadcasters which is a bit of a hack, useful in some circumstances but not without causing their own problems.
by yrro 3y ago
They are probably dumb rebroadcasters which is a bit of a hack, useful in some circumstances but not without causing their own problems.
- Nullabillity 3y agoCan't be that, since they usually also have an ethernet port that they bridge onto.
- lillecarl 3y agoIt can be this. The device is both a wifi client, does L2 magic for the ethernet port (you can't put a switch behind it) and it can rebroadcast wifi signals, because to do so you don't have to be a client to rebroadcast, but you have to half your airtime, so you're halfing your speed.
- Nullabillity 3y agoAt least the ones I've used also had their own IP address (for the config interface). Hell, one even had a switch built in! (It was a home router with a pretend-to-be-an-extender mode.)