[Cialug] Help with a home wireless network

[Rob Miller]

I bought one of the Linksys wireless gaming adapters that Tom had mentioned
but it won't connect with my Motorola SBG900 wireless cable modem.  Does
anyone have any advice?  Thanks.

On 4/3/06, Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen an ethernet bridge this cheap before, but might be
> just what you're looking for (hooked to a switch, of course)
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?
> EdpNo=1533891
>
> -Tom
>
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 8:32 PM, James Shoemaker wrote:
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> > Rob Miller wrote:
> >> We just moved to a new house in WDM and all we can get is cable, no
> >> DSL.  Also, the basement is unfinished so there's no cable outlets
> >> down
> >> there.  So, I bought a Motorola SB900 wireless gateway for the
> >> nearest
> >> cable outlet upstairs.  Now, I have three desktop computers that are
> >> downstairs and I'd like to have internet access for all three of
> >> them at
> >> the same time.  Is there a device that I could use to link the three
> >> desktop machines downstairs to the wireless gateway upstairs?  I
> >> have a
> >> hub and I don't want to buy a wireless card for each of the desktop
> >> machines.  Can I add another wireless router downstairs and have it
> >> communicate with the gateway upstairs?  Obviously, I'm a networking
> >> newb. so any advice is much appreciated.
> >
> >       Yes, you can do a wireless bridge.  There is custom firmware for a
> > WRT54 that can do it.
> >
> > James
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