- Mar 28, 2004
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Hi Everybody,
I'm new here and I've got a few questions about connecting a wireless "something", I'm not sure what yet, to a dsl modem/router combo.
Here's a text diagram I hope it looks ok:
<-dsl->[router/modem combo]<-long cable->[???]<-[2 wired computers + 1 wireless]
The router/modem combo has 3 wired computers hooked up already and has one free port.
The long cable will be about 200-250 feet.
The ??? is what I'm confused about. A wireless access point doesn't seem to have ports for wired computers to connect to. A wireless router on the other hand does have the ports for the wired computers but can I connect a router to a router?
Also I'd like to use WPA-PSK for the 1 wireless connection. I think windows XP on the laptop can be setup to do that, but I assume the wireless access point or router will have to handle WPA-PSK too.
So do I need to buy a regular network switch + a wireless access point or can I just get a wireless router?
Thanks in advance
I'm new here and I've got a few questions about connecting a wireless "something", I'm not sure what yet, to a dsl modem/router combo.
Here's a text diagram I hope it looks ok:
<-dsl->[router/modem combo]<-long cable->[???]<-[2 wired computers + 1 wireless]
The router/modem combo has 3 wired computers hooked up already and has one free port.
The long cable will be about 200-250 feet.
The ??? is what I'm confused about. A wireless access point doesn't seem to have ports for wired computers to connect to. A wireless router on the other hand does have the ports for the wired computers but can I connect a router to a router?
Also I'd like to use WPA-PSK for the 1 wireless connection. I think windows XP on the laptop can be setup to do that, but I assume the wireless access point or router will have to handle WPA-PSK too.
So do I need to buy a regular network switch + a wireless access point or can I just get a wireless router?
Thanks in advance