I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet radio.
Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.
Do you mean a Wireless Access Point? The tech at your local computer shop can probably advise you on what's available locally.
Most wireless routers can be setup as wireless access points. Check the manuals on some inexpensive wireless routers and get one that can be configured as an AP which you then simply plug into the existing router.
Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?
I understood what you asked. Now you need to understand the terminology.
A wireless access point is the "ethernet cable to antenna" device. It connects a wireless device to an existing wired router.
Configuring a wireless router to serve as an AP is cheaper than buying a purpose-made AP device.
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A WAP *creates* wireless access in an area. It's a transceiver that creates a wi-fi hot-spot for your internet radio.
As with any wireless, read the manual and secure your connection, otherwise your neighbors and passers-by get free internet!
Ah, that's better. Think transceivers instead of the direction I want the data to go in.
Thank you
Just get a WiFi wireless router box and plug it into one of the ports on the modem. I use a Cisco/Linksys thing from Best Buy, works fine.
You mean you have a PC that does not have a WiFi modem in it? Is that the problem? If so, yes, you can get a USB WiFi modem.
If you are trying to create a server on a PC/Laptop, that is a programming issue on the PC/Laptop but, it'll do it if the unit is equipped with a Wifi modem.
Jamie
Now I know what you're talking about..
Yes. You can get a router that has a WIfi modem in it and it can act as a switch. The router has a WLAN port on it where you plug into the main port of the DSL modem that was given to you.
Jamie
The Linksys WRT54G is the one I'm looking at. Price is down ~$50 and I don't need "n" speed.
What model did you get?
Yes. It's called a "router".
E2000. It's a couple of years old but Amazon still sells them.
DSL modems have only one ethernet port, if it has several it's a modem router.
With a modem router you only need a wireless access point. but you can use a wireless router instead if you want just ignore the WAN port and turn off the DHCP feature and connect one of the wireless router's LAN ports to a LAN port on the modem router.
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