can you use a wireless repeater/access point in place of a..

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My WiFi card will not install. I have a broadband router and a DWL-800AP+
wireless repeater/access point and as an alternative I tried to connect my 2
PC's by physically connecting the DWL-800AP+ to the ethernet card in
computer #2 with no success. Can this be made to work this way or is this
attempt doomed to failure?

Thanks a lot.

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Hmm - that's a thought. I might see if I can change it to a 700AP with a
firmware change.

Thanks

"Tony" <ttiger@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> "David Leslie" <dwleslie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> My WiFi card will not install. I have a broadband router and a DWL-800AP+
>> wireless repeater/access point and as an alternative I tried to connect
>> my 2 PC's by physically connecting the DWL-800AP+ to the ethernet card in
>> computer #2 with no success. Can this be made to work this way or is this
>> attempt doomed to failure?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
> Probably doomed to failure. You need to have the option to use the AP as
> a client such as you can with the DWL-700AP. I use a DWL-700AP as a
> client with a linux box because I haven't had time to figure out how to
> get a wireless USB adaptor to work with it and it works fine.
>