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In article <>,
ve says...
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:59:31 +1300, steve wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:32:08 +1300, jonas wrote:
> >
> >> I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have three
> >> computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines to
> >> another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
> >> What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must be
> >> able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
> >> ethernet network.
> >
> > You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
> >
> > If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> > sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> > even easier.
>
> Hmmmm, 11g equipment is very expensive, at least the stuff on picespy. Are
> there any cheaper places to get it?
>

I found this on pricespy
http://www.qmb.co.nz/c.aspx?c=Hardware&s=Networking
$175+GST for the 3COM AP $79+GST for the PCMCIA card
Not quite as cheap as when I bought it but still pretty good for a
Prism-G chipset card.

--

Chris

The DSE access point I am using now was WEP encryption. However, it is
important that you use the included (Windows XP) tools to configure it. The
one I amusing needed to be reconfigured to use a sensible IP address.
Before I could access it I had to manually change my machines IP address to
the 192.168.0.X subnet - then change the access point's IP to th
192.168.1.X range before changing my machines address back. Any DSL router
that uses the 192.168.1.X subnet will have the same difficulty.

Setting everything up was pretty easy, although under Windows XP it seemed
to need a reboot after changing the WEP key.

DANGER: Without encryption everything is very easy to get working - just
connect the access point, power up, and have your wireless networked PC
connect. In fact its far TOO easy IMHO. My neibour has been running
unprotected wireless for some time. He didn't realise his network was
unprotected. There should be some kind of warning about connecting to
unprotected networks.

"jonas" <> wrote in message
news:OIqEb.33524$...
> Looking on pricespy I notice that some 11b products are rated as 22mbps
> and some as 11mbps. Is this because they are full duplex or something?
>
> Darren wrote:
> > The only thing different between 802.11b and 802.11g is the g is much
> > faster....
> > all have encryption....
> >
> > "-{-astrae-}-" <> wrote in message
> > news:vNcEb.13540$...
> >
> >>And what cheap 802.11b equipment are you referring to?
> >>
> >>all *cheap* equipment I can find as encryption.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"steve" <> wrote in message
> >>newsan.2003.12.18.06.59.31.126306@whoknowswut. org...
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:32:08 +1300, jonas wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have
> >
> > three
> >
> >>>>computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>>another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
> >>>>What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must
> >
> > be
> >
> >>>>able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
> >>>>ethernet network.
> >>>
> >>>You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
> >>>
> >>>If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> >>>sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> >>>even easier.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>