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From: David Kennedy on 4 Jan 2010 12:25
Graham J wrote:
> "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.
>

Thanks for that Graham. At the moment my son's work around is to share
the internet connection from his Macbook - which seems to do the job.
But I know the peace can't last...

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Mark Snarkey on 4 Jan 2010 21:47
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:11:23 +0000, Colin Harper wrote:

> 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.

Or Bridgeless Wirenet Ethers.
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