Wireless LAN Access point instead of wireless card?

Hi Guys, need a bit of advice. A friend of mine wants to network his 2
pc's together. One PC is connected to His ADSL modem which is connected
to a wireless router. Now here's the problem. He has no available pci
slots on his other machine so he cant put in a wireless PCI card. he
went to the local pc shop and they sold him a Micronet SP918GL wireless
access point which the pc guy said would just plug into his lan port
and "talk" to the wireless router in the other room.. He wants me to
set it up for him this week, Am i right in saying that it wont be
possible? I was under the impression a wireless lan access point was to
attach to a wired router to be able to broadcast to pc's with a
wireless card installed. Can it do both?

"Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>went to the local pc shop and they sold him a Micronet SP918GL wireless
>access point

>I was under the impression a wireless lan access point was to
>attach to a wired router to be able to broadcast to pc's with a
>wireless card installed. Can it do both?

Many APs can work in a number of different modes, including client
mode, which is what you want. I know the Linksys WAP54G does this,
you'll have to dig up the manual for the Micronet...

Hi William, Thanks for your reply, I found the following about it on
the net,

"Micronet SP918GL Wireless LAN Access Point is a next generation
Wireless LAN solution compliant with 802.11g standard which also works
with IEEE 802.11b. SP918GL enables user's flexibility and mobility by
the integration between wired and wireless network. Compliant with IEEE
802.11 , 802.11b and 802.11g standards Provide 1 RJ-45 LAN ports of
10/100M Support operation mode Infrastructure, Station Adapter and WDS
(Wireless Distribution System) Function Support auto data rate
selection at 108, 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6M for IEEE802.11g
Support modulation with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
(OFDM) for IEEE 802.11g and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
technology for IEEE 802.11b Operate in 2.4GHz frequency band Support
64(40)/128/152 bit WEP, WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and Access Control
List for security Support web-based and telnet management "

does this make things any clearer? I cant seem to find any dcumentation
which suggests this access point supports client mode.


William P.N. Smith wrote:
> "Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >went to the local pc shop and they sold him a Micronet SP918GL wireless
> >access point
>
> >I was under the impression a wireless lan access point was to
> >attach to a wired router to be able to broadcast to pc's with a
> >wireless card installed. Can it do both?
>
> Many APs can work in a number of different modes, including client
> mode, which is what you want. I know the Linksys WAP54G does this,
> you'll have to dig up the manual for the Micronet...

On 8 Jun 2006 19:09:33 -0700, "Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi William, Thanks for your reply, I found the following about it on
>the net,

>"Micronet SP918GL Wireless LAN Access Point is a next generation
>Wireless LAN solution compliant...(yawn...)...

Just a URL is usually enough:
http://www.micronet.com.tw/model_det...s_no=6&sno=131
Nothing in the docs or literature that suggests it can be used as a
client adapter.

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Hello,

No, this does not make things clearer at all.
As other poeple should have said: RTFM!
If you don't know where to find it, have a look in the package box.

If the device does not have a switch to change the mode from AP to client,
then, it can be done by browsing the device's configuration page.

Get the FM and look at paragraph 3.2.2 page 13, all you need is there.

Ciao @+


Gladdy wrote:

> Hi William, Thanks for your reply, I found the following about it on
> the net,
>
> "Micronet SP918GL Wireless LAN Access Point is a next generation
> Wireless LAN solution compliant with 802.11g standard which also works
> with IEEE 802.11b. SP918GL enables user's flexibility and mobility by
> the integration between wired and wireless network. Compliant with IEEE
> 802.11 , 802.11b and 802.11g standards Provide 1 RJ-45 LAN ports of
> 10/100M Support operation mode Infrastructure, Station Adapter and WDS
> (Wireless Distribution System) Function Support auto data rate
> selection at 108, 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6M for IEEE802.11g
> Support modulation with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
> (OFDM) for IEEE 802.11g and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
> technology for IEEE 802.11b Operate in 2.4GHz frequency band Support
> 64(40)/128/152 bit WEP, WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and Access Control
> List for security Support web-based and telnet management "
>
> does this make things any clearer? I cant seem to find any dcumentation
> which suggests this access point supports client mode.

"Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> Hi Guys, need a bit of advice. A friend of mine wants to network his 2
> pc's together. One PC is connected to His ADSL modem which is connected
> to a wireless router. Now here's the problem. He has no available pci
> slots on his other machine so he cant put in a wireless PCI card. he
> went to the local pc shop and they sold him a Micronet SP918GL wireless
> access point which the pc guy said would just plug into his lan port
> and "talk" to the wireless router in the other room.. He wants me to
> set it up for him this week, Am i right in saying that it wont be
> possible? I was under the impression a wireless lan access point was to
> attach to a wired router to be able to broadcast to pc's with a
> wireless card installed. Can it do both?

If the above doesn't work in client mode....

Has he got a fast USB port spare? I'm using one of these USB devices..


http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=179211

"Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Support operation mode Infrastructure, Station Adapter and WDS

I'm not sure what "Station Adapter" mode is, but that might be it.

"Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Station Adapter

Yeah, looks like that's it, though the manual is written in such poor
english that I'd run screaming.

William P.N. Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>"Gladdy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>Station Adapter
>
>Yeah, looks like that's it, though the manual is written in such poor
>english that I'd run screaming.

Oops. I missed that:

http://www.micronet.com.tw/up_images...KV4_Manual.pdf
Section 3.2.2
Station Mode is used to let a network device with only
wired Ethernet function to have wireless LAN communication
capability.
However, on Page 15, the name gets warped into "Station Infrastructure
Mode".

It also apparently does WDS which can be used with a similar access
point to play client adapter.

Do I add "station mode" to the FAQ as yet another name for a bridge as
"wireless workgroup bridge client game station infrastructure ethernet
adapter"?
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Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Do I add "station mode" to the FAQ as yet another name for a bridge as
>"wireless workgroup bridge client game station infrastructure ethernet
>adapter"?

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