Question to netgear: wds and wpa

fordem wrote:
What do you define as "expected usage" for a wireless access point? A wireless access point is intended to be used to link a wireless network to a wired network - that is it's sole function in life - as far as I know the WG602 does that. Any other expectation on your part MAY be inappropriate.

After reading product data on the german netgear site, I dont know why I should not expect DG834 and WG602 work together with wds/wpa:

http://www.netgear.de/Produkte/Router/ModemGatewayRouter/DG834GB/datenblatt.html

Technische Daten

Wireless:
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- WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WPA-802.1x, WEP
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- Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mit Repeating- und Bridging-Modi

http://www.netgear.de/Produkte/Wireless/802_11g/WG602/index.html

Leistungsmerkmale

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- WPA-PSK oder WEP-Verschlüsselung mit bis zu 128 Bit
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- Bridging- und Repeating-Modus
- ...

fordem wrote:
Yes - Netgear does advertise that the WG602 can be used as a repeater and/or a bridge, and specifies the security modes in which those functions can be used - the inability to handle WPA in repeater mode is documented - should you define this as a bug or is it an inappropriate expectation. Perhaps a little more diligence on your part should be expected ;)

There may be some hints in howtos that it does not work, but these can only be found, when you really have a problem. Before buying a product, I read what the product description says and I think this is clear (see above).

Besides 'beisser' tells us that the wg602 works with wds/wpa and the dg834 is the problem.

Juergen