On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, david wrote: > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:29:37 > From: david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: linux-il@linux.org.il > Subject: Adding wireless to an existing network > > This maybe somewhat off topic. I have a wired LAN with a Linux box > that connects to the Internet using an ADSL line. The Linux box provides NAT, > masquerading and a firewall, allowing the other machines on the network > to access the internet. The other machines are connected to the network via > a hub. I would now like to add wireless access to the network. > > Can someone tell me what I need in order to add wireless access without > affecting > the existing wired network? Ideally I would like to have a device that I can > just > plug in to the hub. When I spoke to a salesman he said that I couldn't > connect > an access point directly into the hub since it is expecting a router. Also, > the wireless > routers require that you have the internet connection going directly into > them. > > Can someone give me a definitive answer?
You can have one of the computers act as a router. The wireless connection will depend then on the hard connection, and on the activity of the chosen computer. You will need an extra network card for that computer. Orna. -- Orna Agmon http://ladypine.org/ http://haifux.org/~ladypine/ ICQ: 348759096 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
