Wired and Wireless

Yes. You can use a WAP (wireless access point) for this. You can also use a wireless router as a wireless access point by simply ignoring the WAN port and disabling the DHCP server. You'll find that wireless routers are cheaper than WAP's and also include a 4 port switch.

Yes. The wireless links are bridges. They know nothing about IP addresses. They act exactly as if they were ethernet extension cables.

With a wireless router, you can put them on a seperate network. However, that's neither necessary or something you would want to do.

Yep. That's about it.

Wrong. ADSL maximum speed is about 6Mbits/sec. Unless you're paying for this, you'll probably be rate capped at about 1.5Mbits/sec.

Dunno. You haven't described the problem. What problem are you trying to solve? What do you have to work with? Where are you stuck?

W95, 98, ME, NT4, W2K, XP, WinCE, etc?

Stuart wrote in news:42534514$ snipped-for-privacy@dnews.tpgi.com.au:

That's what a WAP is for to bridge the wire and wireless network together and both networks with the machines on them can share resources and the wireless can access the Internet too.

You plug the WAP into a LAN port on the router and forget about it.

The wire is faster with a 100 mps wire NIC and I would think with a 10 Mps it wouldn't be much of a speed difference either.

NO

So?

You may also want to look into a print server that can be plugged into the router and a printer attached to the print server. The printer becomes a network printer and all machines wired and wireless can print to the printer without the printer being connected to a computer with the computer being on for other computers to use the printer.

Print servers are cheap here in the US. You can get a good one for about $50 USD.

Duane :)

FWIW Linksys, and possibly others make a WiFI print server. This means that the printer can be put anywhere there's a 120VAC outlet.

snipped-for-privacy@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote in news:d30qs2$di7$ snipped-for-privacy@panix5.panix.com:

Why do you need a WiFI print server? That would cost a more $$$. I had no problems printing from a wire or wireless machine using the wire printer server connected to a LAN port on the router, since the router is the gateway for the LAN.

Duane :)

Thanks for your help,

I think I tried to describe what I was trying to do. That is, to use two more PC's wirelessly on a network that is already wired by instaling a Wireless Access Point ( or WAP, as I have now discovered it is called )

I have described what I have , 2 PC's wired , 2 PC's floating , an ADSL Router and two 54mps PCI Wireless NIC's.

I don't think I am stuck now that you ( and another ) have described how I can use a 'WAP' to achieve what I am after.

Does Win 98 SE make any difference to the outcome ?

Regards

Stuart

Melbourne, Australia

Thank you Duane,

I think I can proceed as I guessed I might be able to and keep my fingers crossed it will end up with the seamless " forget about it " option.

The printer idea is interesting too, although I do have to discourage the other half who thinks web documents should come in reams regardless of the cartridge cost.

Regards

Stuart

Melbourne , Australia