Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #352

From:	"Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Subject:	Re: [OS2Wireless] 3Com wireless card
Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:35:14 -0500
To:	OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On 02/22/09 04:00 pm, Ray Davison thus wrote : Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: I was talking about a wireless ethernet bridge device, such as the Netgear ME101 (http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/2496 ) or the LinkSys WET54G (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WET54G ). What does it take to get these things to work. Not much. Essentially, a short ethernet cable connects the unit to the computer. They usually require a power dongle, but I've seen some which don't (they may tap power from USB). Boot the computer, and it gets a DHCP address from the unit. Open a browser to it just like setting a wireless (or wired) broadband router or AP. Enter your wireless settings. Many have onboard utilities for site surveys and such. And, this could be a good thing. Any suggestions for antennas? They usually come with fixed antennas. I'm no expert by any means (I don't own one, nor have I ever set one up!). However, John Edwards did a presentation on one at Warpstock 2005: http://www.warpstock.org/filemgmt/viewcat.php?cid=12 (look for "Getting Faster Wireless Network Speed"). The description of his presentation is available here: http://www2.warpstock.org/event_info/2005/client.html#CLI-05 . Hopefully, the above links will give you a bit more info on how these devices work (power, etc.). The newer units are typically labeled "gaming adapters," as their typical application is to connect to a game box which has no connectivity other than an RJ-45 port. They're specifically designed to set up easily, so as to be configurable from such gaming consoles. GenMAC has *some* support for PC Cards (CardBUS, whihc are 32-bit), but not (AFAICR) PCMCIA (the image which Jeff sent was a PCMCIA card, or so it appeared - no textured gold foil over the connector end). Yes, TRENDNet TEW-421PC is PCMCIA. As PCMCIA is not part of the PCI BUS (it's 16-bit, not 32-bit), GenMAC probably knows nothing about it. ;-) -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Treasurer, Warpstock Corporation www.warpstock.org -------------------------------------------------------------

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