How do I use a wirelees router with dialup?

[bchivers]

Have a PC now with 98 on it and dial-up. Would like to switch to a laptop with a wireless router, how do I do this? Could possibly leave the PC on and use it's modem but not sure whether I will sell it or not.

 

[SuperNaruto]

You want the wireless router to dial into a dial up service ?

You need to find a wireless router that supports dial up modem

 

[bchivers]

I want to be able to use the wireless with dialup. Is a wireless router that supports a dial up modem cheaper than a wireless router+ a external modem, or is it possible to use the PC with 98 on it?

 

[HannibalX]

That is a good question. I don't think I have heard of anyone trying to do this before.

You could have a modem and a NIC in the PC. Use MS internet connection sharing and plug your NIC into your wi-fi router and see if it will get an address from the PC. DHCP would have to be turned off on the router I believe.

 

[Aikouka]

I had this same issue before when there was no broadband in my area. I did something similar to what Trinitron mentioned. Originally, I had a proxy server setup, but it was always a pain with certain websites and programs not being proxy-enabled, etc. So I switched to Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing. Note that you can use your routers DHCP with this.

The only issues I ever had with ICS was sometimes a computer just simply would not find my machine's Internet gateway and it required tons of monkeying around to get it to finally work. Unfortunately, there is no simpler way to do this like the plug-and-play-esque nature of a broadband connection.

 

[SuperNaruto]

http://www.amazon.com/SMC-SMC7004ABR-Barricade-100Mbps-Integrated/dp/B00005NBR6

My super old smc had a modem dial up and a print server, of course its not for sale anymore.. and you just get an access point and plug it in

http://us.zyxel.com/web/download2/P-662HW-61/datasheet/P-662HW-61_1.pdf

Dial up backup.. pricy, internal 56k modem

http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family...o=FD69DFF3-162B-4615-BBD3-D928264F710C

cheaper one.. but hard to find

 

[eplebnista]

I had a relative that wanted to do that at one time, but they never got around to it, and eventually just went to high speed internet when it became available.