Re: WiFi installtion assitance if possible


"Dave, I can't do that" <davenpete@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1123618845.470198.252020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Oh, one other thing, I wanted to use the WAP54G so my wife can practice
> with her wifi connections as well. It will also allow my PDA to access
> the Internet via it.
>
> Dave
>

Consider a Linksys WRT54G instead (a router and WAP combined, can be bought
all over or even for about $54 at walmart, actually less than just the WAP
at Best Buy!), and one of these
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> I'll second (or third, or fourth) the
> http://www.alwaysonwireless.com/wiflyer.html (I've bought two so far,
> though the one on the weather station tower is getting replaced with a
> Linksys WRT54G).

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That's what I have also, allows connection to the network and can be used by
both wireless and wired computers to share a dial-up connection..

I use it with my Compaq PDA too, can access email and share files over the
network (I store MP3 music files on the network, and get/play em wirelessly
when outside).

I live in a very rural area of northern idaho (no cable or dsl), gave up my
sat internet and now use dial-up at about 21kb. The garge/workshed is about
1/4 mile away, rather than putz with long wifi links (especially thru the
trees on my acreage), I ran a direct burial cable for
power/phone/intercom/networking to the outbuilding.

They have several devices (more coming every day) that provide things like
mass storage (check the netdisk at www.ximeta.com - I have two, 240 GB
each!), DVR (no link but it's a Tivo 2), etc., by plugging into the ethernet
ports

Oh, something someone told me a while back, WAP = Wireless Access Point, and
WRT = Wireless Router (4 ethernet port router combined with a WAP in one
box/one power supply)





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