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Adding 802.11b to wired lan

 
 
Jill Norton
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      12-31-2003, 12:58 PM
I have a 10BaseT LAN and I have a new Palm TungstenC that I would like to be
able to communicate via the built in 802.11b. I currently have a firewall
that connects my 10BaseT LAN to the Internet, this device provides NAT, DHCP
server etc... What type of device to I need to attach to the 10BaseT LAN in
order for the Palm to be able to share the Internet connection?

Do I need an access point or something else?


 
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Mark Carroll
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      12-31-2003, 01:37 PM
In article <BCAIb.709704$Fm2.613894@attbi_s04>,
Jill Norton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>that connects my 10BaseT LAN to the Internet, this device provides NAT, DHCP
>server etc... What type of device to I need to attach to the 10BaseT LAN in
>order for the Palm to be able to share the Internet connection?


A bridge. However, generally it's easier and just as cheap to buy
something that's more than a bridge.

>Do I need an access point or something else?


An access point will probably do. There are plenty that can get their
own IP address from your firewall by DHCP, and relay your Palm's DHCP
requests to the firewall too. Others, often those sold as "wireless
routers", may want to be DHCP servers themselves and have the wireless
segment as some other IP subnet that they add another layer of NAT to.

-- Mark
 
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