Posted: 4/25/2004 2:53:12 AM EDT
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I am buying a laptop and I want to hook it up to my DSL service. My DSL runs through the modem, a firewall router and then my desktop. Is there something that I can attach to one of the router out ports to make it into a secure wireless connection for the laptop? I want to do it "cheap", meaning I don't want to have to replace the router I have - unless it's gonna be cheaper to do so. |
| You can buy a wireless access point for close to the same price as a wireless router so you may as well get a new 802.11g router. You can hook up the desktop with an ehternet cable and go wireless with the laptop. Just make sure you set up the security on the wireless part! |
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The wireless access point built-in to the router/firewall is the way to go. You could set-up a peer-to-peer network between your desktop and laptop using an 802.11 NIC in each machine and then set-up Internet sharing on the desktop machine. I like the DLink wireless router - I've got a USR one that's a piece of shit. |