Re: Wireless - without a router tied to it ?????

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"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>
>> George wrote:
>>> Does anyone sell just an ethernet-to-ethernet wireless connection,
>>> without having to buy a router to go with it. (I have a firewall
>>> router between my cable modem & main PC. I would like to remotely
>>> connect another computer in the basement through the existing
>>> router & modem, but really don't need or want to buy another
>>> router. (And, it doesn't seem like it should take $200 these days
>>> just to go wireless to the router I already have.) Also, there is
>>> no easy way to get to the cable and connect directly where the 2nd
>>> computer is located. Is there a standalone wireless receiver
>>> available that does not include all the router circuitry and is
>>> cheaper than the wireless routers on the market?
>>
>> WAP - Wireless Access Point.
>>
> As Ms. Stanley said, a WAP will do this for you. But oddly enough, the
> WAPs I've looked at here (US) are more expensive than plain routers.
> You might want to look at using a wireless router and turning off its
> DHCP to use it as a WAP. I did this for a client with a Linksys wired
> router and a Linksys wireless router.
>
> Malke
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Thanks Malke - That's what my Google on "WAP" was telling me. The WAPs were
all more than $200. So I'll just plug the wireless router into my router,
getting whatever benefit my "firewall" router has, and being able to put the
wireless router a few feet away from the CPU where the antenna won't be in
the way. It still would seem that there should be a one-port wireless
"router" that's cheaper than a 4-port job. Oh well - I should be glad that
it can be done.

One more question though: I haven't seen any good specifications on the
distance I can reliably go with the wireless. I've got about a 60 foot
straight line distance, with the second computer in the basement, and the
other on the first floor. Some electric wiring, water pipes, and heat
ducting between the floors and crossing the path of the radio signals
between the two computers. Should any of the available wireless routers be
able to handle that distance through wood floors and wallboard, with the
usual wire, pipe, and metal heat ducting in between?

George


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