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cheapo wireless setup with legacy PC

  • 18-09-2007 08:49AM
    #1
    souter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I've currently got my main computer set up with a linksys wireless gateway. But it's a noisy old brute and I'm tempted to stuff it in a cupboard and use an old hp ePc ( http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,72283-page,1/article.html ) as the living room client.
    Now this is quiet, but it's old and I don't think it there's room for a pci card.
    Plus it is usb 1.1 (maybe even 1.0). It does have ethernet connection though.

    So I'm probably going to have to install a lightweight linux distro on, then AFAIK my options are a) cheap usb wireless dongle, which will be bottlenecked at 1.5Mb/s if I'm lucky, but probably be a world of pain to set up, or b) a cheap but full blown wireless router which I can connect via the rj45. But this seems overkill, and kind of spoils the small form factor I'm aiming at.

    Any suggestions?


Comments

  • #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Something like the Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet bridge could do the trick. The only problem is they're not made any more so your best bet is ebay. Other manufacturers might have something similar. I have the WET11 (even older model) and it works grand. I bought it so I can have wireless on a linux machine without all the hassle of wrapping drivers. Just plugin and go.


  • #3
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭ethernet


    irlrobins wrote:
    Something like the Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet bridge could do the trick. The only problem is they're not made any more so your best bet is ebay. Other manufacturers might have something similar. I have the WET11 (even older model) and it works grand. I bought it so I can have wireless on a linux machine without all the hassle of wrapping drivers. Just plugin and go.
    Another vote for this. It has a large antenna and so is bound to have better signal quality over inbuilt wireless or even a USB dongle. Doesn't get hot like some other networking gear I have either. Komplett are selling them ATM.


  • #4
    souter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭souter


    Cheers, "wireless ethernet bridge" is just the the thing I'm looking for. Old school so 2nd hand I guess.


  • #5
    ST
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭ST


    I've an old ORIGO wireless AP sitting in a box if you're interested.
    Same as one mentioned here.

    http://blogx.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=377


  • #6
    souter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭souter


    Thanks for the offer ST - unfortunately just shelled out 50 quid on a netgear wge101 yoke off ebay.


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