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    Connecting LAN to remote wireless network

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by justhangin, Sep 21, 2009.

  1. justhangin

    justhangin Newbie

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    New living situation

    Landlord has a Netgear Rangemax wireless router WPN824 and a few wireless macs.

    Renter has 3 desktop PCs in a LAN on a gigabit switch.

    Landlord will share router, but (being doofus) forbids dropping ethernet cable from the wireless router to the gigabit switch

    How best to keep the PC with gigabit interconnectivity but also get internet access thru wireless router.

    3 wireless cards seems wasteful
    1 wireless card plus reconfiguring one PC to be a network bridge...possible

    but is there any wireless thing I can hook up to the switch to "route" all 3 PCs to the other router? Something which can create a wireless link to simulate what that dropped ethernet cable would have done?

    Thanks.
    JH
     
  2. mentalwall

    mentalwall Notebook Guru

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    The cheapest option would be to install a wireless card or use a wirless dongle. Then once installed internet connection sharing on the wireless connnection which you have installed - google it! its simple. This does require this pc to be on all of the time for any of them to acess the internet.

    The other option is to attach a device which adds the wireless connection to small local network you have this is a wireless network bridge belkin seem to do a good one - http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=170842 (It says gaming adapter but its the same thing just some rubbish advertising) this is what I would go for as it means your pcs can get on with doing their own thing. the only limitaition is that you are restricted to wireless g as I don't think any 'n' products are availible.

    Hope that helps