Wireless connection?

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You need a wireless router and a wireless PCI card
here are 2 examples but there are many more on the market
http://www.netgear.co.nz/products/ [...] prodID=214
http://www.netgear.co.nz/products/ [...] prodID=236

peterk

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"jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm using a cable modem on a Win XP machine to connect to the internet. I
> would like to set up a Win 98SE machine in another room using some kind of
> wireless connection thru my cable modem. Can this be done? If so, what do
> I need?
> Thanks,
> jll
>

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Thanks for the quick response. The router would connect to the cable modem
and the wireless pci card would be installed in the machine in the other
room, right? Do they make a router that could be wired to my PC and still be
wireless for the other?
Thanks,
"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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> Like Peterk said you need a wireless router and wireless pci card to
> install
> in the PC. If your in the states Best Buy's Sunday ad listed a Belkin
> wireless router for $9.99 after rebates, same one I bought in March from
> CompUSA to use with my Compaq notebook. It worked like a charm. I would
> suggest getting a matching wireless card, by that I mean from the same
> manufacturer although they are supposed to all work together. My Compaq
> notebook works at my home with my Belkin and at my neighbors, he has a
> Dlink
> wireless router.
>
> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
> news:BLqpe.33904$nG6.30047@attbi_s22...
> Hi,
> I'm using a cable modem on a Win XP machine to connect to the internet. I
> would like to set up a Win 98SE machine in another room using some kind of
> wireless connection thru my cable modem. Can this be done? If so, what do
> I
> need?
> Thanks,
> jll
>
>
>

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Great! I'm learning. Thanks again,
"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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> Almost all wireless routers come with 4 external ports that you would
> connect an Ethernet cable to. The Belkin I mentioned does.
>
> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
> newsyLpe.28211$x96.8125@attbi_s72...
> Thanks for the quick response. The router would connect to the cable modem
> and the wireless pci card would be installed in the machine in the other
> room, right? Do they make a router that could be wired to my PC and still
> be
> wireless for the other?
> Thanks,
> "Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
> news:%itpe.108533$IO.34738@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> Like Peterk said you need a wireless router and wireless pci card to
>> install
>> in the PC. If your in the states Best Buy's Sunday ad listed a Belkin
>> wireless router for $9.99 after rebates, same one I bought in March from
>> CompUSA to use with my Compaq notebook. It worked like a charm. I
>> would
>> suggest getting a matching wireless card, by that I mean from the same
>> manufacturer although they are supposed to all work together. My Compaq
>> notebook works at my home with my Belkin and at my neighbors, he has a
>> Dlink
>> wireless router.
>>
>> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
>> news:BLqpe.33904$nG6.30047@attbi_s22...
>> Hi,
>> I'm using a cable modem on a Win XP machine to connect to the internet. I
>> would like to set up a Win 98SE machine in another room using some kind
>> of
>> wireless connection thru my cable modem. Can this be done? If so, what do
>> I
>> need?
>> Thanks,
>> jll
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Lots of useful information.
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
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> The Netgear website has detailed drawings on just such a setup.
> I use a Netgear connected by wire to one computer,connected by wire to
> another computer and wirelessly with my laptop.
> Any computer on the system can access any other computer on the system as
> well as connect independantly to the net.
> This website has instructions for setting up a home network....either
> wired or wireless or both
> http://www.homenethelp.com/
> I found the Netgear WGT624 router to be really easy to set up and with the
> WG511T PC card I connect at 108Mbps.
> The manual explained the security settings quite well.
> good luck
> peterk
>
> --
> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
> about the problem
> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
> news:2w4qe.42020$nG6.21228@attbi_s22...
>> Great! I'm learning. Thanks again,
>> "Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
>> news:H44qe.76208$VH2.15575@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>> Almost all wireless routers come with 4 external ports that you would
>>> connect an Ethernet cable to. The Belkin I mentioned does.
>>>
>>> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
>>> newsyLpe.28211$x96.8125@attbi_s72...
>>> Thanks for the quick response. The router would connect to the cable
>>> modem
>>> and the wireless pci card would be installed in the machine in the other
>>> room, right? Do they make a router that could be wired to my PC and
>>> still be
>>> wireless for the other?
>>> Thanks,
>>> "Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%itpe.108533$IO.34738@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>>> Like Peterk said you need a wireless router and wireless pci card to
>>>> install
>>>> in the PC. If your in the states Best Buy's Sunday ad listed a Belkin
>>>> wireless router for $9.99 after rebates, same one I bought in March
>>>> from
>>>> CompUSA to use with my Compaq notebook. It worked like a charm. I
>>>> would
>>>> suggest getting a matching wireless card, by that I mean from the same
>>>> manufacturer although they are supposed to all work together. My
>>>> Compaq
>>>> notebook works at my home with my Belkin and at my neighbors, he has a
>>>> Dlink
>>>> wireless router.
>>>>
>>>> "jll" <jll@nobodyhome.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:BLqpe.33904$nG6.30047@attbi_s22...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'm using a cable modem on a Win XP machine to connect to the internet.
>>>> I
>>>> would like to set up a Win 98SE machine in another room using some kind
>>>> of
>>>> wireless connection thru my cable modem. Can this be done? If so, what
>>>> do
>>>> I
>>>> need?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> jll
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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