On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:38:16 -0400, Marcus H. Russell, P.E., L.S. wrote:
|Maurice Gu?ron wrote:
|
|>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:59:44 -0400, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
|>
|>|But why use a PCMCIA card in a desktop/server machine? There is at least
|>|one PCI card that works under OS/2-eCS. We gave one or two away last
|>|year. I think they were Netgear. Stan do you remember the brand and
|>|model number?
|>|
|>|Mark
|>
|>And if you already have an ethernet adapter, you can use a "bridge" to go wifi: requires no OS-dependent driver. The only drawback is that you need to provide power, but that's hardly a draw-back, for a desktop.
|>
|>
|What's a bridge? I design bridges but I am sure not the kind to wjich
|you are referring. I just want to wirelessly connect my DSL line that
|is connected to a Linksys broadband-G router thru the ISP (Verizon)
|supplied modem to my eCS box that is about 50' distant and one floor
|lower. Mark R
|
I have a wifi hot point sending radio towards my computer. On the computer I have an ethernet card. Into the ethernet plug, I put the 10 inch-long ethernet-style cable coming from the "bridge", a Linksys 810+ (which needs to be powered). The bridge has its own antenna which will talk to the wifi hotpoint. In my case hot point to computer distance is about 10 yards. The bridge has a chip inside. To configure it, you start your browser and follow instructions. You do not connect to the regular ethernet for this one-time configuration. You need no other software.
Call linksys 7/24 "support" if needed.
Maurice Gu?ron, BIOP/PMC, Ecole polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
phone: 33/0:169 334 174; fax: 33/0:169 333 004
e-mail: mg@pmc.polytechnique.fr
In case of problems only, use: gueron@idf.ext.jussieu.fr
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