Wireless Help Please

Ok i currently have broadband my main pc which is linked in a peer to peer
arrangement with an RJ45 crossover cable to a second pc which shares the
network connection using the windows built in sharing facility. The pcs also
have access to each others drives and the printer attached to the master pc.

I have now been given a laptop from work and would like to be able to surf
the net and access the other pcs wirelessly. My broadband modem is USB but
it does have an RJ45 port on it.

My question is what is the easiest way to do this and the cheapest, do i
have to set all the pcs onto the wireless network, can i keep the peer to
peer setup and just add my laptop wirelessly, any advice and product
reccomendations would be excellent

Thanks guys in advance

Chris

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:46:43 -0000, "Chris Oldroyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ok i currently have broadband my main pc which is linked in a peer to peer
>arrangement with an RJ45 crossover cable to a second pc which shares the
>network connection using the windows built in sharing facility. The pcs also
>have access to each others drives and the printer attached to the master pc.
>
>I have now been given a laptop from work and would like to be able to surf
>the net and access the other pcs wirelessly. My broadband modem is USB but
>it does have an RJ45 port on it.
>
>My question is what is the easiest way to do this and the cheapest, do i
>have to set all the pcs onto the wireless network, can i keep the peer to
>peer setup and just add my laptop wirelessly, any advice and product
>reccomendations would be excellent

Buy a broadband router/switch with integrated WAP. All alternatives are more
expensive and may require one system to always be on so the others can access
the "internet". A years worth of juice would have paid for the wireless
router.

I just checked Pricewatch and 4 port router/WAPs start at under USD40
delivered...

/daytripper