Wireless solution when wires are a must!

[Razl]

I know this title sounds weird, but here's my dilemma:

I have high speed cable at home and want to connect my home desktop and laptop to share this one connection, with the laptop being wireless. Easy right? - "Just buy a wireless Cable/DSL Router, plug the desktop into the router's port, install a wireless PC NIC in the laptop and...voila!"

My IT dept, unfortunately, will not let me install a wireless PC Card on my Laptop. So, is there a device available that I can install between the Router and the standard 10/100 PC Card in the laptop to act as the "wireless cable"?

This will be a BIG help. Using modem dial-up or Ethernet cable is real annoying, especially with that 1.5Mbs broadband modem laughing at me.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tallgeese]

if you don't have permission to put a wireless card in it, do you have permission to hook it to your home broadband?

usually the main issue in cases like this comes down to one thing: t-shooting expense for non-bizness cr@p

 

[Tallgeese]

<< Using...Ethernet cable is real annoying, especially with that 1.5Mbs broadband modem laughing at me. >>

I don't understand? How is the broadband taunting you, if you are connected to it via Ethernet?

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< Using...Ethernet cable is real annoying, especially with that 1.5Mbs broadband modem laughing at me. >>

I don't understand? How is the broadband taunting you, if you are connected to it via Ethernet? >>



Remember he is asking us to help him get around what his IT dept is allowing him to do.

 

[xchangx]

could you get a USB wireless device?

 

[JackMDS]

I never did such a connection, but I think that you should use regular Router (not Wireless). In addition, buy two Access Points (A/P) that can be configured in Bridge mode.

Put one A/P into a regular port on the router, and the other plug to the Laptop RJ-45 Client Card. It is somewhat more expensive then a regular Wireless connection. The Laptop will have to be accompanied by an A/P, but no long CAT5!

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< could you get a USB wireless device? >>



Not if the IT dept says he shouldnt be installing devices.

 

[JackMDS]

oops

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I never did such a connection, but I think that you should use regular Router (not Wireless). In addition, buy two Access Points (A/P) that can be configured in Bridge mode.

Put one A/P into a regular port on the router, and the other plug to the Laptop RJ-45 Client Card. It is somewhat more expensive then a regular Wireless connection. The Laptop will have to be accompanied by an A/P, but no long CAT5! >>



That may be an expensive loophole

 

[JackMDS]

Wirless Cable/DSL Router about $160.

Wirless Cleint card about $80.

Give, and take $240 to get a regular Wireless connection.

The Linksys WAP11 can be configured in Point to point Mode.

It can be found for about $140.

Two WAP11 = $280

Regular Cable/DSL Router =$60

"Loop Hole solution" about $340.

Well, for about 20 #1 Combo Lunchs at your local ?Cholesterol & Fat? joint the problem solved.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Well, for about 20 #1 Combo Lunchs at your local ?Cholesterol & Fat? joint the problem solved. >>



$135 for 20 Bacon cheeseburger meals at my favorite burger place

 

[PlatinumGold]

am i missing something?

why not just buy a normal Cable / DSL router w/ a hub built in and use lan cable to connect router to laptop??

 

[Razl]

<< I don't understand? How is the broadband taunting you, if you are connected to it via Ethernet? >>
<<am i missing something? Why not just buy a normal Cable / DSL router w/ a hub built in and use lan cable to connect router to laptop??>>

Sorry for the confusion I'm saying that having to hook-up long runs of Ethernet cable from a standard port router will be a real pain when I want to work from different rooms in my house with the Laptop - I think anything more than 20 feet is unsightly and running it through the walls is too much work. Yep, I?m getting lazy in my age. USB is out of the question like n0cmonkey said ? IT will have a bird.

The access point idea sounds like the only solution based on the devices currently available in the market today. After posting my message I read a review on the new Linksys PowerLine Bridge and PowerLine Router. This technology allows you to connect a CAT5 cable from your computer's (my laptop in this case) NIC into the adapter's port. I guess you just plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet, and at the modem's end, attach another adapter into your existing LAN router or use the PowerLine Router, which has a built in AC bridge.

I'm not sure when it's going to be out, but whether I use a wireless access point or the PowerLine to make the "bridge", it looks like I'll have to fork over some of my "fast food" funds Oh well, I guess I can live with that!

Thanks everyone, you've been a big help.