A pair of Wi-Fi routers with bridge capability has ended a long running problem with connecting two wired LAN segments of my home without running Cat 6 cables everywhere. I previously mentioned my adventures in powerline AV networking and the underwhelming results I got from that. I replaced my pair of XAV101 powerline adapters with a pair of SMCWBR14S-N4 routers I got from Woot. A word of caution to all who want to try this kind of setup. The instructions will tell you to enter the MAC address of the other routers in the WDS network. Thanks in part to a very patient technical support person from the other side of the globe, we eventually worked out that it was actually the BSSID that needs to be entered on the WDS screen. Here's hoping this makes it into either a manual errata or onto the FAQ SMC maintains for these routers. (It's not in the current one.)
I guess we'll see how much of my boondoggle I get back when I yard sale these XAV101's.
