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WAP to WAP connection?

  • 21-09-2003 11:31PM
    #1
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭


    I posted this in the Wireless/Phones forum and it got all of 9 views and no replies :rolleyes:

    Using Wireless Access Points inside the home
    I was bored today and so started looking in ebay for this and that and noticed that there is a new 802.11a wireless access point the same as my own for $9.99 plus about $25 for p&p I rerckon, with two days to go (been there 4 days already I reckon) ... a very low price says I ... pity I already have one ... but then I thought, dont people use these for bridging large gaps between seperate buildings networks (albeit with a large external aerial) ..

    So .. my question is, can I connect a new wireless access point to a PC upstairs and get it to act like a wireless adapter? i.e. acting like a pccard in a laptop, when in fact its connected by a network cable to a desktop.....the original one must still connect to a pccard in a laptop

    The manufacturers website says nothing, the manual says nothing, google didnt throw up anything of use ... all I know is that this would be significantly cheaper than a new pci adapter.... even including a nic for the desktop.....

    I had a good long hard look at the setup on my existing one and I am none the wiser ....


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  • #2
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,557 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    does it include a switch(hub) at all ?

    it "should" work, depending on if the two access points will talk to each other, which there is no reason why it won't. I assume the one u were looking at does at least have one ethernet port to connect to a computer ?


  • #3
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    The WAP I was looking at is a HE102 (802.11a) and it does indeed have a 100Mb connection on the back ... the one I have now is connected to my DSL router .... I suppose the only way of checking if it will work is to suck it and see


  • #4
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Some Access Points can be configured to run as a normal Wirless NIC, I worked with some D-Link stuff that done this.


  • #5
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    Well, I sent an email to netgear tech support and I was told NO ... you cant get to HE102's to talk to each other ... ho hum ...


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