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From: Duncan Kennedy on 3 Jan 2010 17:40
In message <CqydnciH_ZN6Sd3WnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk>, David
Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> writes
>Is it possible to get a wireless receiver which will simply rout the
>wireless signal from my broadband into a standard Ethernet port which
>can then be used as normal for wired connection?
>
>What I want to do is run a non wireless device on the second floor. Is
>there a wireless adaptor which also has a wired port?
>
Belkin used to do wireless access points - 4 ethernet ports and
wireless. Mine worked very well working the other way round - taking the
wired router signal and feeding / receiving from laptops. I'm sure I
have seen others. If it can receive the wireless signal from your
router that should be OK. Not sure about security.
--
Duncan K
Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: B 650 on 3 Jan 2010 18:44
On 03/01/2010 22:40, Duncan Kennedy wrote:
<snip>

> Belkin used to do wireless access points - 4 ethernet ports and
> wireless. Mine worked very well working the other way round - taking the
> wired router signal and feeding / receiving from laptops.

Isn't that just a wireless router? i.e. the type one uses with a cable
connection for example?

I created a wireless bridge out of a Linux-based Linksys wireless
router, adding some aftermarket firmware, as the standard Linksys
firmware doesn't allow for bridging. I've also achieved the same aim
with an old laptop containing wireless and wired adapters, but that's a
bit overkill for the OP, as mine was running as a router, webserver,
DNS, DHCP, samba, ftp, firewall etc etc

--
D
From: Duncan Kennedy on 4 Jan 2010 07:35
In message <hhra51$ug2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, B 650
<dunc.on.usenet(a)gmail.com> writes
>On 03/01/2010 22:40, Duncan Kennedy wrote:
><snip>
>
>> Belkin used to do wireless access points - 4 ethernet ports and
>> wireless. Mine worked very well working the other way round - taking the
>> wired router signal and feeding / receiving from laptops.
>
>Isn't that just a wireless router? i.e. the type one uses with a cable
>connection for example?
>
Mine wouldn't work as a router on its own, I don't think - I suspect it
was the way Belkin described it at the time - a few years ago. I don't
recall doing any kind of installation - just plug in - no kind of
control or firewall through browser or any other way. But it *was a few
years ago.

--
Duncan K
Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: Stan Barr on 4 Jan 2010 11:37
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:09:11 -0000, Graham J <graham(a)invalid> wrote:
>
> "Colin Harper" <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C7669C5B0103EB1DB01029BF(a)news-europe.giganews.com...
>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:02:47 +0000, Colin Harper wrote
>> (in article <0001HW.C7669A570103721AB01029BF(a)news-europe.giganews.com>):
>>
>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:33:27 +0000, David Kennedy wrote
>>> (in article <CqydnciH_ZN6Sd3WnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk>):
>>>
>>>> Is it possible to get a wireless receiver which will simply rout the
>>>> wireless signal from my broadband into a standard Ethernet port which
>>>> can then be used as normal for wired connection?
>>>>
>>>> What I want to do is run a non wireless device on the second floor. Is
>>>> there a wireless adaptor which also has a wired port?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> They're called Wireless Bridges, or sometimes Gaming Adapters
>>
>> Or perhaps, more specifically, Wireless Ethernet Bridges.
>
> Belkin, Edimax, 3Com. Buffalo did make them but now you use their router
> and disable the routing component. Probably others - Netgear?
>

I'm using a Buffalo one (leans over to look...model WLI-TX4). Works
perfectly routing network stuff to my Thomson modem/router. It saved me
running a long cable upstairs...

--
Cheers,
Stan Barr plan.b .at. dsl .dot. pipex .dot. com

The future was never like this!
From: Graham J on 4 Jan 2010 11:52

"David Kennedy" <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote in message
news:_o2dnbcZSr4iitzWnZ2dnUVZ7rhi4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk...
> Graham J wrote:
>> "Colin Harper"<colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:0001HW.C7669C5B0103EB1DB01029BF(a)news-europe.giganews.com...
>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:02:47 +0000, Colin Harper wrote
>>> (in article<0001HW.C7669A570103721AB01029BF(a)news-europe.giganews.com>):
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:33:27 +0000, David Kennedy wrote
>>>> (in article<CqydnciH_ZN6Sd3WnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk>):
>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to get a wireless receiver which will simply rout the
>>>>> wireless signal from my broadband into a standard Ethernet port which
>>>>> can then be used as normal for wired connection?
>>>>>
>>>>> What I want to do is run a non wireless device on the second floor. Is
>>>>> there a wireless adaptor which also has a wired port?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They're called Wireless Bridges, or sometimes Gaming Adapters
>>>
>>> Or perhaps, more specifically, Wireless Ethernet Bridges.
>>
>> Belkin, Edimax, 3Com. Buffalo did make them but now you use their router
>> and disable the routing component. Probably others - Netgear?
>>
>
> Well I'm using a Netgear but the spare I have is a BT HomeHub 2 which I'd
> like to use as the secondary one if possible. The BT manual doesn't seem
> to cover the possibility.

What you have to do is disable the router function. If the manual doesn't
cover the possibility directly then simply turning of the DHCP server should
suffice.

Start with a computer connected by wire to the BT hub, and nothing else.
Set the router's IP address to something sensible (so that it will be part
of the subnet managed by the real router, later). Fix the IP address of the
computer, then disable the BT hub's DHCP server. The computer should still
be able to talk to the BT Hub.

Now see if you can configure the BT hub as a client to the Wireless access
point in the primary router. You will need another computer connected to
the primary router so you can play with both settings at the same time.
Different routers use different terminology to refer to common functions -
so wireless bridge mode might be called WDS or something.

When you have both wireless devices communicating with each other, and using
acceptable security, then you should be able to set the first computer's IP
address to "auto" and it will communicate via BT Hub and the primary router
to get its IP address.

--
Graham J


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