wireless ethernet transmission

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well.. i posted about this before, but i think i was unclear about it. :o
I have a adapter, wich usually connects to the ethernet port of a laptop.
Now, i want to have that connection wireless (the laptop has Wifi build in)
so, culd i just pop the cable into a Wireless acces point, and make it work that way?

i was thinging about something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833320003

do you think that would work?
 
I Havent used one before, BUT i think it connects to the Internet source via an Ethernet cord. What I mean is it doesnt connect through a wireless conneciton.
 
well.. i have a lan cable, and i want to get the data drom that cable to the laptop using WLan.
But this wouldnt work you think?
 
well.. i have a lan cable, and i want to get the data drom that cable to the laptop using WLan.
But this wouldnt work you think?
that makes no sense at all.... if your using wireless then the whole point of it is to not have any cables, forget about the lan cable for a second and just connect via wireless....

Am i missing somethign here?

dragon
 
I think he means he is wired now, and wants to go wireless.

So, the cable he is using to connect to his laptop, now needs to be connected to a wireless router.

Yes, that should work. You need a wireless router and a computer that connects to it. I'm not POSITIVE, but you may be able to simply lead the router straight from the wall. I've just always used this setup...

Wall -----> Server Computer -----> Wireless Router - (wireless) - My laptop
 
well... 4W4K3 pretty much got the point,.. i cant just leave the cable out, since its converting a signal from comming from a PLC.
so, it would be like

PLC-> convertor cable(has a Ethernet output) -> WLan adapter -> Laptop's Wifi adapter.

damn, this is really hard to explain in a forreign language
 
Yah that's how I see it, although I'm not sure what a "PLC" is. I'll take that to mean the source of your internet connection though.

Go ahead and get a wireles router, because no matter what way you set it up...you will need it. Just make sure it's compatible with your laptop's integrated card. Then hook it up, install the software/drivers, and see if it recognizes the router. You can setup your wireless connection a number of ways, but getting it to recognize all the hardware is the first step.
 
well... i decided to give it a shot using a Ethernet-WLan bridge.
( Linksys WET54G )
Its ordered now,.. so in 5 day's or so I have something to mess around with
 
If you are referring to the previous thread where you had a PCL connecting to your devices via ethernet and it was working, then all you would need is an ethernet to wireless bridge.

The adapter would plug in via ethernet port on your PCL/ethernet adapter and then create a wireless bridge connection to your AP.

Since it runs over the ethernet connection the system doesn't even know it is wireless since the bridge adapter basically does WRT and then communicates with the device over the ethernet connection.

I think your last post you posted shows that you are making sense of this, and you are on the right track now.

To set these things up, you set them up similiar to a router. A lot of them even have set up wizards. you hook up the device to a computer via ethernet, telnet into it via web browse, and then set it up according you your network set up, static, DHCP, ip range, security/encryption, connections (SSID), etc. Then once it is configured you just plug in the bridge to the ethernet on the PCL (because from my understanding the PCL already works over ethernet correct?) and it will create that connection to your wireless AP.

Then that device becomes part of your network. however, when you bridge the PCL the wireless bridge adapter will not work as a repeater on your wireless network, all of the bandwidth is allocated to the bridge. If you wanted to make it also a repeater and repeat the wireless signal that is totally possible, but you will have to set up a few things certain ways and it cuts your bandwidth in half. Half of it will go to the bridge connection, and the other half acts as the AP part.

I hope this makes sense since english is not your first language, and sorry I don't speak Dutch, though I wish I did.

Okay, just looked at the link from newegg again....

That device will work if it allows you to bridge connections to your AP/Router. You see your router is acting as your DHCP server, so every node must be on the same subnet with similiar IP schemes for them to communicate properly. If it is not bridged to your router then it will not be assigned the proper settings. Unless you have a static IP scheme. You could also run a cable from your router into the AP and then the AP into the ethernet/PCL device (if it has multiple ports on it) so it can be part of the network.
 
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