Non wireless router to wireless
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Hello
I'vegot an imac connected to a router, neither are wireless.
I've just got a wireless ibook. Is there a wireless addon to none wireless routers using one of the ethernet ports to make me wireless? I don't want to buy a whole new router.
I know about airport express but was wandering if there were any alternatives.
Cheers
I'vegot an imac connected to a router, neither are wireless.
I've just got a wireless ibook. Is there a wireless addon to none wireless routers using one of the ethernet ports to make me wireless? I don't want to buy a whole new router.
I know about airport express but was wandering if there were any alternatives.
Cheers
when you say router, do you mean it is an ADSL router ? If so you have various options.
Basically, in order to have a wireless network, you need an access point, which is kinda like a wireless hub....
In order to get other devices talking to the wireless laptop, you need to either connect them directly to the access point, or install a wireless card. This is true for the router, so if you want to share your internet feed over the wireless network you need to connect your router to the access point.
You should have spare ethernet ports on the router, but if you do not you can get a Netgear 5 port hub, which will allow you to connect more devices to your router.
Another option to consider is to replace your router with a new router which incorporates a wireless access point. This may not cost a great deal more than an access point.
Basically, in order to have a wireless network, you need an access point, which is kinda like a wireless hub....
In order to get other devices talking to the wireless laptop, you need to either connect them directly to the access point, or install a wireless card. This is true for the router, so if you want to share your internet feed over the wireless network you need to connect your router to the access point.
You should have spare ethernet ports on the router, but if you do not you can get a Netgear 5 port hub, which will allow you to connect more devices to your router.
Another option to consider is to replace your router with a new router which incorporates a wireless access point. This may not cost a great deal more than an access point.
Moving on from this - is it possible to add a wireless network card to a PC and use that as a hub for a wireless laptop, rather than buying a new wireless hub?
(currently have 7 PCs all hardwired, but want to be able to use the laptop in a seperate room, which currently has no wiring and I do have a spare network card available - all PC's are Dell, running XPSP1)
(currently have 7 PCs all hardwired, but want to be able to use the laptop in a seperate room, which currently has no wiring and I do have a spare network card available - all PC's are Dell, running XPSP1)
you can't use it as a hub ... you could use it as a router to provide you with a default gateway ... though you'd still need a "hub".
(to get the logic, just imagine that ther ARE cables, and all devices are logically the same, just invisible...).
It'd be dead slow too ....
You *could* attach you internet connection to an access point, and one PC, and attach that PC (with a second NIC) to a hub which is connected to your LAN. If you turned on IP forwarding then the dual connected PC would act as a gateway between the two networks (remember to address them to be different subnets, I suggest 192.168.0.0 (host addresses .1 - .254, use .1 for the "router") and 192.168.1.0 with a mask of 255.255.255.0.
It'll be slow and ugly, but it'll work. You will need to make sure you can get to a valid DNS server for internet to work, make sure your LAN has a default gateway of the dual connected PC and make sure the ADSL router has a route to your LAN via the dual connected PC.
(to get the logic, just imagine that ther ARE cables, and all devices are logically the same, just invisible...).
It'd be dead slow too ....
You *could* attach you internet connection to an access point, and one PC, and attach that PC (with a second NIC) to a hub which is connected to your LAN. If you turned on IP forwarding then the dual connected PC would act as a gateway between the two networks (remember to address them to be different subnets, I suggest 192.168.0.0 (host addresses .1 - .254, use .1 for the "router") and 192.168.1.0 with a mask of 255.255.255.0.
It'll be slow and ugly, but it'll work. You will need to make sure you can get to a valid DNS server for internet to work, make sure your LAN has a default gateway of the dual connected PC and make sure the ADSL router has a route to your LAN via the dual connected PC.
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