Can you use a wireless access point without a wired network?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi Sue

You should be able to get a wireless router to create your network. I run a D-Link unit at home and this
works quite well.

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi

As a general rule at least one computer should be Wired, otherwise if the
Wireless does not work you would not be able to log and check or change the
settings.

Look at this page Option 1 and 3 might help you to find a solution:
http://www.ezlan.net/DialUp.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).




"Joe" <joe@jretrading.com> wrote in message
news:41B57mGZtVeBFw61@jretrading.com...
> In message <9e58141d.0410220540.660ccf63@posting.google.com>, Sue Swaze
> <suswaze@hotmail.com> writes
> >I keep reading stories about how much better infrastructure networks
> >are than point to point (better at keeping connections, easier to
> >configure etc). I don't have a broadband connection to share and
> >don't have a wired network to connect to, but can I get a wireless AP
> >anyway or will it only work if it is connected to a wired network
> >somewhere?
> >
> No, it doesn't need anything wired. The drawback is that both the
> networking and the wireless parameters have to be right for the network
> to spring into life.
>
> If you're confident of doing that, go ahead. If not, it's usually easier
> to drag all the computers together, connect with cables temporarily, use
> the XP Networking wizard to get the machines working together and then
> go wireless.
>
> Presumably one of your machines has an Internet connection to be shared,
> and will therefore be the network master machine. Run the wizard on this
> one, and at the end it will offer to make a floppy which can then be
> used to set up the other machines to talk to it.
>
> Most home wireless routers have a few Ethernet ports. If not, ignore it
> and connect each other computer to the master in turn using a
> *crossover* Ethernet cable, to get all the machines talking.
>
> The wireless part may just work, or may need a little nudging. If so, at
> least you're confident that basic networking is OK and it's only the
> wireless bit you need to get working.
> --
> Joe