[DM-MUG] Wireless and nonwireless.

[kristau]

On 7/5/07, AB <anastasia_prittee at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i troubleshooted it and figured it out.
>
> Perhaps this seems like an elementary question, but I have a wireless modem connected to a wired
> router. if a laptop has wi-fi capabilities can it utilize the wireless from the modem or is the
> router going to act as a blockade since it is not a wireless router?


Here's some ASCII art of what I think you are describing:

Internet---Wired Router---Wireless Modem - - -Laptop

Correct my diagram, if wrong.

In answer to your question, it depends on how the Wireless Modem is
configured. You should be able to access the Internet from the laptop
wirelessly with this setup once everything is configured correctly.
If the Wireless Modem has a setting to make it act like a standard
Wireless Access Point (or WAP), then that's what you want.

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