Can i use an access point to wirelessly connect one PC to my existing WiFi Network?

[newParadigm]

I have an older PC that won't accept the linksys WirelessG NIC i have. If i install an Ethernet NIC and connect it to a wireless access point, will it allow me to acces the rest of my existing wireless network?

~new

 

[JackMDS]

Yes, provided that the Access Point can be configured as a Client (not all Access Point can).

Link: Wireless Network - Configuration Modes.

Might be cheaper to do it with Wireless USB Client.

:sun:

 

[newParadigm]

bump, i rilly need to noe

 

[JackMDS]

It is your life and time (and AT bandwidth), but What is it that you do not understand in the above sentence?

OK let try this.

Few Wireless Cable/DSL Router and many Access Point can be configured as a Wireless Client.

Once they are configured this way they can be plug into a regular NIC and would connect this computer to a Regular Wireless Network.

However if the computer has a USB port it will be much cheaper to buy a Wireless USB Client (some of them go for $10 on sale).

:sun:

 

[newParadigm]

yeah, i would buy a usb, but i want the expandability that ethernet offers

thx

~new