Adding Wireless to a network.

Tom1138

Tom1138

Tom1138

Associate
Joined
5 Oct 2004
Posts
864
Location
The South, United Kingdom
Our house currently has 3 PC's connected together through a ADSL ethernet router. So we can files and all share the same internet. This is all link via cables.

Now I wanted to know (to confirm really) if the follow item

Belkin 802.11g Wireless Client Bridge (as featured on the OCUK site) would allow me to connect it to my router into one of the spare ports and then have my laptop im getting connect via wifi? So i can be in say my lounge or kitchen and connect to the internet.

Basically i want some adapter in my router that allows my Laptop to connect to the current cabled network. This would be much better and cheper than laying down another 10 or so metres of cable.

(I seriously should know this myself being on system support course :rolleyes: )

-tom :D
 
Personally I'd recommend avoiding Belkin network kit - it's fairly rubbish in my experience.

A Linksys WAP54G (or WRT54GS, possibly, but this is a router by default and you'd have to do a bit of reconfiguring to get it to act as a dumb access point) would be a better choice in my opinion.
 
well there is Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge on the OCUK website, would this be better than configuring a router to act as just access point?

Bit more expensive than the Belkin, but if you say Belkin aren't good with networking hardware then the price isn't an issue.

Actually looking at the code you suggest its is practically the same device, so thats a 'yes' on that question.
 
OllyM said:
You want the WAP54G - wireless bridges will probably work but they're not designed for acting as access points. The WAP54G is cheaper, too.
Click to expand...
A wireless bridge is an access point with bridging abilities. Only real difference is price.
 
I'd call it an access point that can join an existing network as a client... but ho hum.
 
For me simpler the better. All it is for me is i don't need to add in another wire and go through the drilling through walls, etc i did last year. Plus it means i can access it all over the house and not decide which room i would use the laptop in most.

other online shops reviews have most people using it as an access point for their playstations, etc. (though i assume the PS2 would have to have wifi adapter seeing it just a rj45 connection).
 
Tom1138 said:
other online shops reviews have most people using it as an access point for their playstations, etc. (though i assume the PS2 would have to have wifi adapter seeing it just a rj45 connection).
Click to expand...

That's because they use it to bridge the connection between the PS2's ethernet and their existing wireless network. The PS2 doesn't have any native Wifi support.

The WAP54G is what you want.
 
Ok well i will see about the LinkSys. Though i have network design tomorrow in college so i can get my teacher to suggest one too. No doubt he would recommend the same.
 
In the same vein so no need to start a new thread...

I have 2 pcs. One sits next to the adsl router (netgear 834) which is wires only with 4 ports.

Now my laptop has wifi (fuji siemens - amilo 1425). I understand if I buy a access point (like these) like the linksys wap54g or netgear wg602 then i only have to plug it in to one of the ports and my laptop can connect to the web just as if i had it wired into one of the router ports.

Secondly, since the router allows up to 255 computers (or something ridiculous like that) that wireless point would allow any other laptops in my house to connect through said router.

Thanks.
NJN
 
Yes because i think the top IP is something like 255.255.255.0 so allows 255 different IP's.

Though i doubt you will have 255 computers attached to your home network, thats a lot of switches/hubs and very slow-downed router :P

But yeah up to 10 and its ok.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom