Going Wireless with cable...

Norbert666 · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:16

I'm sorry, but I suspect the following question(s) will be pretty stupid, but I admit I am absolutely clueless when it comes to wireless stuff...

I have a SFF PC - it's a Soltek somthing-or-other, I put together myself a long time ago.

I don't think I have any spare PCI slots. (I assume you have to have a wireless thingy in the PC?)

BUT, I want to go wireless.

I am on Virgin cable.

What do I need to buy to do it? And how do I go about it?

Many thanks

James

Nebzor · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:27

Instead of buying a wireless adapter, you can buy a cheapish router and flash it with DD-WRT. You can then cable the SFF PC to the router, and use the router as a wireless bridge.

tolien · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:32

Or use a USB adapter, assuming you have a free USB port.

Norbert666 · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:46

Whilst I understand the USB adapter option (I do have a free USB port, albeit at the front of the PC), the first reply about flashing routers is beyond me I'm afraid!

Could someone be so kind as to post links to the specific bits I will need?

Thanks very much.

tolien · 1 Sep 2008 at 12:05

Some routers (like the Linksys WRT54GL) will take a third party firmware like Tomato, which has a whole bunch of options which both the original firmware and most consumer routers don't have.
There's more information at www.linksysinfo.org.