Hi,

I now have a Cisco Aironet® 1200 Series Access Point, its uplink supports autosensing 802.3 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, since there is no wired LAN at my location now, so I want to connect the AP to a remote switch or router(distance may be more than 2 miles) which is connected to local ISP service, what kind of link media should I use? Is it possible to connect the AP and the switch/router by a T1 link? Any recommendation or advice is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

Kind of putting the cart before the horse aren't we?

do you really want to design a wan connection around a access point?

You will need a router at your location and that of the home office. You can connect the two with a T1 at whatever bandwidth level you want to pay for.

Or you can bring dsl into your location and do a vpn to the home office while also using the internet since that's why you had dsl brought in.

But no matter what, you will need a router at your location.

Hi,Wanderer,

Thanks for your advice.Maybe you are right that I am kind of putting the cart before the horse. I understand that if there is a router at my location, then there will be no problem to connect to the remote ISP service by DSL or T1 carrier. But that will be not cost-effective. And the point is that if there is no router at my location and the local ISP is far away, is there any possbility that to change the Ethernet interface of the AP then use a T1 link or dsl to conncet to the remote aggregate switch or router? In another way, for the APs available nowday, is there any product will support T1 or DSL uplink instead of commonly used Ethernet port connection?

Thanks!

All access points and even all routers I have worked with all come with a rj45 ethernet port by default.

Quite honestly your most cost effect setups would be to have dialup from your location to the office location. It should be a local call and though you are limited at 48-56K for network access that's not bad. Your local dialin should be a free local call.

You would also subscribe to a local isp for dialup internet access.

T1/DSL talk a different language then just ethernet and as such require equipment to decode the signal. That's what dsl modems and t1 serial interfaces in a router do.

Wireless works up to 120feet on a good day with no obstructions. You will not be able to connect at 2miles plus buildings.

Hi,Wanderer,

Thanks for your helpful clues.

If I do want to have a higher speed much faster than 48-56K, do you think it is reasonable to connect the AP to a dsl modem and then use a dsl link to connect to remote switch or router of the local ISP service?

Thanks a lot!