Wireless bridge or wirless router?

I need to WiFi enable my PS2 (which only has ethernet connectivity), since a
PC with ICS and my router are both too far away to lay cable.

As wirelss bridges like Linksys' WET54G are nearly as expensive as WiFi
routers, like the WRT54G, can/should I use the latter as this has more
functionality?

Many thanks for any assistance.

news.ntlworld.com cried out

> I need to WiFi enable my PS2 (which only has ethernet
> connectivity), since a PC with ICS and my router are both too far
> away to lay cable.
>
> As wirelss bridges like Linksys' WET54G are nearly as expensive as
> WiFi routers, like the WRT54G, can/should I use the latter as this
> has more functionality?
>
> Many thanks for any assistance.
>
>
>

if they are too far awawy to lay ethernet (328foot max) then they are
most likely WAAY too far for wifi

news.ntlworld.com cried out

> I need to WiFi enable my PS2 (which only has ethernet
> connectivity), since a PC with ICS and my router are both too far
> away to lay cable.
>
> As wirelss bridges like Linksys' WET54G are nearly as expensive as
> WiFi routers, like the WRT54G, can/should I use the latter as this
> has more functionality?
>
> Many thanks for any assistance.
>
>
>

just for laughs
linksys game adapters
http://tinyurl.com/bdr3s

Go to this website and check out thier configuration with a cantenna.
http://www.cantenna.com/linksys.html

why dont u go for a wap54g? its a gaming adapter from linksys which
would suit ur needs. check out the linksys website for more details

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> news.ntlworld.com cried out
>

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> if they are too far awawy to lay ethernet (328foot max) then they are
> most likely WAAY too far for wifi

No, it's just not practical to lay the cable

Rosco <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>if they are too far awawy to lay ethernet (328foot max) then they are
>most likely WAAY too far for wifi

Just a minor note on cable. I have several installations running
about 900-1000ft of either 10base2 Cheapernet coax or CAT5 that work
just fine. The limiting factors are:
1. It has to be 10baseT-HDX (10mbits/sec half-duplex). 100baseT
won't work.
2. No taps allowed on the coax. Each end must be a either a 10base2
transceiver or a 10baseT hub or switch.
3. RG-6/u will work even though it's NOT 50 ohms. At these long
lengths, any VSWR will never been seen as the attenutation is way too
high to cause problems. However, don't try it with short lengths of
coax as the reflections will be a problem.

I can expound more on this if your interested. There's also some
stuff I've scribbled on the topic in the archives.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.i...e3a5e2b13d0793

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.i...bac92e4634ee49
(etc...)

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"news.ntlworld.com" <s p a m t i m e @ n t l w o r l d . c o m> wrote in
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> I need to WiFi enable my PS2 (which only has ethernet connectivity), since
a
> PC with ICS and my router are both too far away to lay cable.
>
> As wirelss bridges like Linksys' WET54G are nearly as expensive as WiFi
> routers, like the WRT54G, can/should I use the latter as this has more
> functionality?
>
> Many thanks for any assistance.

You could use router/AP as a "client", I suppose. It would be somewhat
"bulky" and you'd have to disable much of it's functionality (especially
DHCP). Unless you plan on setting up an additional network down the road,
probably make more sense to just go with an adapter.

I'm using a DWL-810+ wireless-ethernet adapter for both my PS2 and Dreamcast
(with the DC BBA, obviously). Works great, even with a cheap little hub in
front of it allowing both the PS2 and DC to be connected (not supported by
DLink, but it works). DWL-810+'s can be found for like $25 to $30. In
addition to the PS2/DC one, I have another one and considering picking up
yet another as they work great for piddly stuff (consoles) on my 802.11b
"junk" network.

Cheers,
Eric

> "news.ntlworld.com" <s p a m t i m e @ n t l w o r l d . c o m> wrote in
> message ...
> > I need to WiFi enable my PS2 (which only has ethernet connectivity),
since
> a
> > PC with ICS and my router are both too far away to lay cable.
> >
> > As wirelss bridges like Linksys' WET54G are nearly as expensive as WiFi
> > routers, like the WRT54G, can/should I use the latter as this has more
> > functionality?
> >
> > Many thanks for any assistance.
>
> You could use router/AP as a "client", I suppose. It would be somewhat
> "bulky" and you'd have to disable much of it's functionality (especially
> DHCP). Unless you plan on setting up an additional network down the
road,
> probably make more sense to just go with an adapter.
>
> I'm using a DWL-810+ wireless-ethernet adapter for both my PS2 and
Dreamcast
> (with the DC BBA, obviously). Works great, even with a cheap little hub
in
> front of it allowing both the PS2 and DC to be connected (not supported by
> DLink, but it works). DWL-810+'s can be found for like $25 to $30. In
> addition to the PS2/DC one, I have another one and considering picking up
> yet another as they work great for piddly stuff (consoles) on my 802.11b
> "junk" network.
>
> Cheers,
> Eric

Just to add: never had any latency problems with them being used for
consoles even though they aren't so-called "game adapters". I've even used
them with a network printer and they worked great.

"Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm using a DWL-810+ wireless-ethernet adapter for both my PS2 and
> Dreamcast
> (with the DC BBA, obviously). Works great, even with a cheap little hub
> in
> front of it allowing both the PS2 and DC to be connected (not supported by
> DLink, but it works). DWL-810+'s can be found for like $25 to $30. In
> addition to the PS2/DC one, I have another one and considering picking up
> yet another as they work great for piddly stuff (consoles) on my 802.11b
> "junk" network.
>
> Cheers,
> Eric

Thanks for this info. :-)