Any device to connect home wired Ethernet to outside 802.1..

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MMM42 wrote:

>
> Is there any wireless device (802.11 type. compatible with WiFi
> hot spots) that would interface to the outside WiFi network and
> connect local devices with Ethernet cable, i.e. it would act as a
> router, firewall for local wired dekstops/laptops and provide access
> to Internet through a single 802.11 port. It would be a *reverse* of
> the popular Linksys wireless router that connects to Internet through
> a wired port.

It's not clear what exactly you're looking for that a Linksys, Netgear,
Belkin, or other brand of WAP with switch doesn't provide.

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MMM42 wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:05:28 -0500, "J. Clarke"
> <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>>MMM42 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there any wireless device (802.11 type. compatible with WiFi
>>> hot spots) that would interface to the outside WiFi network and
>>> connect local devices with Ethernet cable, i.e. it would act as a
>>> router, firewall for local wired dekstops/laptops and provide access
>>> to Internet through a single 802.11 port. It would be a *reverse* of
>>> the popular Linksys wireless router that connects to Internet through
>>> a wired port.
>>
>>It's not clear what exactly you're looking for that a Linksys, Netgear,
>>Belkin, or other brand of WAP with switch doesn't provide.
>>
>
> Are you saying that I can take a wireless router like Linksys WRT54G
> that mentions only one interface to backbone Internet through its
> wired Ethernet port and then use it in reverse, i.e. use its wireless
> interface for backbone Internet and connect a laptop to the router
> with an Ethernet cable. Manual does not mention such a setup.

Connect the laptop to one of the switch ports. The WRT54G has four of them.

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MMM42 wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:25:22 -0500, "J. Clarke"
> <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Connect the laptop to one of the switch ports. The WRT54G has four of
>>them.
>>
>
> It has also one port for power supply!??%^*^??
> Frankly, leave the subject to folks who know more about wireless.

I'm not sure I understand what point you think you are making about having a
port for the power supply. The device in question, if you will be kind
enough to go to the Netgear site and look at the datasheet, is a
multipurpose device combining a four port Fast Ethernet switch, an 802.11g
WAP, and a NAT router with some other bells and whistles providing a fifth
Ethernet port. He can connect his laptop to any of the four ports of the
Fast Ethernet switch and it will be able to access devices connected via
802.11g.

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