56k dial up on laptop 802.11G ?

What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
have at home is dial up 56k access ?

"bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:WBsEe.1975$sc3.295@trnddc07:

> What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
> have at home is dial up 56k access ?
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>
>

I would say get a dial-up NAT router that has wireless abilities. But
manufactures seem to be abonding this dial-up period. Maybe, you can find
one or a discontinued line for a all wired or wire/wireless router. If you
can find a dial-up wire router, you can plug a WAP G device into it and
have wireless. An outdate or discontinued dial-up wireless router my or may
have *G*.

You could also get two wireless NIC's and put one into a computer that has
the dial-up connection and use ICS with two NIC(s) in AD-HOC mode.

http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.co...nt.php/3482466

Duane

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:36:38 GMT, "bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
>have at home is dial up 56k access ?

I'm glad you said simple and not cheap. Look for a "LAN Modem" or
similar device. That's a misnamed NAT router conglomerated with a 56K
dialup modem. Some examples are 3Com 3C886, 3C886A, and 3C888. I use
these as backup for when the DSL or T1 goes down (or someone forgot to
pay the bill). They can be found on eBay for about $50-$100.

There's also the Multitech Proxy Server and their Dialup Router:
http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/Fa...uteFinder_102/
I can't find anything on the Proxy Server as it's obsolete. There are
several models, one of which uses an external modem.

Where's also a collection of products made by WebRamp. The company is
long gone, but the really crappy products are still floating around
eBay. Avoid unless you're cheap, desperate, or have masochistic
tendencies.

To get wireless, you take either an access point (i.e. no router), or
a wireless router with the router section disabled and running as an
access point, and plug it into one of the LAN ports on the LAN modem.



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"bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
>have at home is dial up 56k access ?

Buy just about any AP. Connect it to your wired LAN. Done!

(Whatever host on your LAN actually has the modem must also
be able to do IP forwarding, and obviously should already have
a firewall.)

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)

In article <WBsEe.1975$sc3.295@trnddc07>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
> have at home is dial up 56k access ?
>
>
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Something like this? http://www.jiwire.com/always-on-wiflyer-product-
review-1.htm

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:36:38 GMT, "bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
>have at home is dial up 56k access ?

I think one of the apple airport acess points has a built in
modem. If you have another computer in the house that is
connected to a modem and a wireless access point, then you should
be able to connect via that computer with it running a nat or
proxy program.

> Buy just about any AP. Connect it to your wired LAN. Done!

What LAN?

> (Whatever host on your LAN actually has the modem must also
> be able to do IP forwarding, and obviously should already have
> a firewall.)

He didn't say he had another machine.

David Taylor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Buy just about any AP. Connect it to your wired LAN. Done!
>
>What LAN?

The one he either has or is going to create.

>> (Whatever host on your LAN actually has the modem must also
>> be able to do IP forwarding, and obviously should already have
>> a firewall.)
>
>He didn't say he had another machine.

Then he simply needs to add one. Since any old desktop will
do, it wouldn't cost as much as the AP.

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:36:38 GMT, "bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What's a simple way to use your wireless laptop wirelessly when all you
>have at home is dial up 56k access ?

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> The one he either has or is going to create.

Cheaper and less hassle to buy a box.

> Then he simply needs to add one. Since any old desktop will
> do, it wouldn't cost as much as the AP.

Then he needs to add a legal OS and configure it and it's starting to
sound more expensive again and a load of hassle (don't go throwing in
Linux as a suggestion because he hasn't said whether he's a linux expert
and if he's not then configuring that could prove frustrating).

Reading between the lines, I think he wanted a no-hassle solution to run
a laptop wirelessly.



David.