WiFi installtion assitance if possible

Hi people,

I have a small 10/100 network at home using a D-link hub. All pretty
simple but works fine. Well until my wife bought a laptop with XP-home
and wifi built in.

I have a computer in the garage attached to a milling machine that only
has IDE slots and no PCI and it is on the 10-speed of the 10/100
wire-network. I cannot replace that computer as it has specific
hardware to drive the cnc machine.

I have not been able to find a /G card for IDE (probably not surprising
given the bus speed) so it looks like I will have to combine 10/100
wire and wifi.

I figured on using the Linksys WAP54G as the access point and we only
have dial up (out in the boonies) so not sure how this will handle
connection via an external modem.

Can someone please suggest what I need to make all this stuff work.

Thanks in advance.

Dave J

"Dave, I can't do that" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com:

> has IDE slots and no PCI

I think you mean ISA...

but anyways, get a nice wireless router which your wife can connect to
wirelessly on her laptop. and it will also support the 10Mb computer in
the milling area.

the internet comes into the house and hits the modem. the modem then goes
to the router. and the router is hooked in a star configuration to all of
the computers in the house, whether it's on a wire, or wirelessly.

smowk

Hi,

> > has IDE slots and no PCI
> I think you mean ISA...

DUH, slapping forehead. <vbg> I can blame old age!! Thanks.

> the modem then goes to the router.

The modem only has a D25 serial output.

That's a problem I have not been able to resolve. It seems no one makes
a router for phone access anymore, they assume we are all DSL or cable.
Can you suggest where I might get one OTHER than ebay. Just one of the
"benefits" of country living. We are forgotten. <g>

Dave

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

"Dave, I can't do that" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> 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
<start paste>
> 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)

"Dave, I can't do that" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

Look for a 3Com 3c886a, they nolonger makje this model, but it can be
found.. 4 port router with dial-up access modem. DHCP and you can
connect to a switch if more ports are needed.. Had it for 2 or 3
years works GREAT...
>
>The modem only has a D25 serial output.
>
>That's a problem I have not been able to resolve. It seems no one makes
>a router for phone access anymore, they assume we are all DSL or cable.
>Can you suggest where I might get one OTHER than ebay. Just one of the
>"benefits" of country living. We are forgotten. <g>
>
>Dave
>

(E-Mail Removed) (gene martinez) wrote in news:42fa2fe5.19482872
@news.eclipse.net:

> "Dave, I can't do that" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Look for a 3Com 3c886a, they nolonger makje this model, but it can be
> found.. 4 port router with dial-up access modem. DHCP and you can
> connect to a switch if more ports are needed.. Had it for 2 or 3
> years works GREAT...
>>
>>The modem only has a D25 serial output.
>>
>>That's a problem I have not been able to resolve. It seems no one makes
>>a router for phone access anymore, they assume we are all DSL or cable.
>>Can you suggest where I might get one OTHER than ebay. Just one of the
>>"benefits" of country living. We are forgotten. <g>
>>
>>Dave
>>
>
>

I used to have a netgear with a built in modem and router...don't remember
the model, but i know it's out there