gareth

Hi,

I've looked through all the wireless threads and can't find the solution to my particular problem.

Basically I've currently got NTL broadband shared to three devices via a wired ethernet network, but I'd like to get rid of the 25m cable that runs through the house from the settop box to my office (or more accurately the missus wants rid of it).

Current setup:

1. NTL/Pace digibox with cable modem and ethernet port
2. Very long and unwanted cable...
3. Netgear RT311 gateway router
4. Netgear EN104 hub
5. 2 PCs and an iMac connected into the hub

All the wireless solutions I've seen involve replacing the network cards in the PCs etc with wireless cards. I just want to bridge a part of the network with a wireless solution.

I guess that the right place to "break the wire" would be between the router and hub, or would it be between the digibox and the router?

Either way, any creative suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Gareth

WillieF

You need two wireless bridges. Some access points will run in whats known as bridge mode which is effectively a lan extension without the wire.

Send me an email and I will look at part numbers at work on monday...

gareth

Cheers - yhm...

Would you put the wireless bridges between the digibox and router (which is also my firewall), or between the router and hub? My gut feeling is that the latter would be more secure...

Edited to say it's probably the other way round! Don't really want to get hacked inside the firewall...

G


[Edited by gareth - 12/22/2002 1:10:31 PM]

michael_clarkson

You need a Wireless Access Point and a Wireless Ethernet Bridge. You could use 2 Wireless Access points in Bridge mode, but a combination of a Wireless Access point and Wireless Ethernet Bridge should be cheaper plus the Wireless Ethernet Bridge is smaller and easier to hard.

Or you could replace your Netgear cable router with an integrated wireless cable router.

I use a Linksys WAP11 and a Linksys WET11, works like a charm no problems.

Possible solutions are one of these top two:
Linksys Wireless Cable/DSL Router (would replace Netgear)
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...?ProductID=220
Linksys WAP11
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...&ProductID=214

And one of these:
Linksys WET11
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...&ProductID=289


HTH

Michael

gareth

It seems to me that two WET11s might do the trick (for a tenner less than the WET11/WAP11 combo). This is the blurb:

"You can also use the Wireless Ethernet Bridge as a kind of "cable-less cable" to connect remote areas together. Maybe Shipping is all the way across the warehouse from Receiving. Or maybe you want to set up a home office in your detached garage. With a Wireless Ethernet Bridge in the garage, and another one (or a Wireless Access Point) in the house, you're connected – with no cabling hassle."

[Edited by gareth - 12/22/2002 7:41:40 PM]

michael_clarkson

Gareth,

I would definately go with a Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WET11) and a Wireless Access Point (WAP11) because using this combination you can then add additional wireless connected hosts, which would connect to the WAP in "infrastructure" mode i.e a laptop or PDA conencted with a 802.11b PC-Card of CompactFlash card. You can't do this with a WET11, so for the additional £10 the flexibilty is worth it.

I have this set up at home.

Michael

gareth

Good point Michael - thanks.

2 WAP11s ordered from DABs @ £79 each (don't do WET11).

G



[Edited by gareth - 12/22/2002 9:59:08 PM]