Can you plug a wired nic into a Access point ?

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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:36:52 GMT, Charlie <Charlie@myhouse.net> wrote:

>Can you plug a wired nic into a Access point ? Which will connect to a
>wirless router ?
>
>Just wondering if it will work ?

Yes, but it depends whether the access point has a "client mode".

Many access points such as WAP11, WET11, DWL-900AP+, DWL-2100,
DWL-G730AP, AP411W, etc have a client mode. All game adapters also
can do this. The latest generation of "Pocket Router/access
point/client" boxes will also do a client mode. Note that this
"client mode" is NOT the same as "ad-hoc" peer-to-peer networking,
which is similar, but not identical.

Just to make life complicated, there's also a difference between a
client mode that will support exactly one client computah, and a
variation that will support more than one computah (usually through a
hub or switch connected to the access point in client mode). The data
sheets usually don't specify the maximum number of clients that can be
attached.



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