OT computer question

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

 

[Randy Day]

In article <sk4uu79hsr84fl7eap6pknp7pfkho616pr@4ax.com>, default says...

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Do you mean a Wireless Access Point?
The tech at your local computer shop
can probably advise you on what's
available locally.

 

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Most wireless routers can be setup as wireless access points. Check
the manuals on some inexpensive wireless routers and get one that can
be configured as an AP which you then simply plug into the existing
router.

 

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:12:23 -0400, news@jecarter.us wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Most wireless routers can be setup as wireless access points. Check
the manuals on some inexpensive wireless routers and get one that can
be configured as an AP which you then simply plug into the existing
router.

Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

 

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:44:36 -0400, default wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:12:23 -0400, news@jecarter.us wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Most wireless routers can be setup as wireless access points. Check
the manuals on some inexpensive wireless routers and get one that can
be configured as an AP which you then simply plug into the existing
router.

Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

I understood what you asked. Now you need to understand the
terminology.

A wireless access point is the "ethernet cable to antenna" device. It
connects a wireless device to an existing wired router.

Configuring a wireless router to serve as an AP is cheaper than buying
a purpose-made AP device.

 

[Randy Day]

In article <oi7uu7lqkev3qteaql1e8a6p11ja36qvkc@4ax.com>, default says...

[snip]

Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

A WAP *creates* wireless access in an area.
It's a transceiver that creates a wi-fi
hot-spot for your internet radio.

As with any wireless, read the manual and
secure your connection, otherwise your
neighbors and passers-by get free internet!

 

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:22:42 -0600, Randy Day <randy.day@sasktel.netx>
wrote:

In article <oi7uu7lqkev3qteaql1e8a6p11ja36qvkc@4ax.com>, default says...

[snip]

Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

A WAP *creates* wireless access in an area.
It's a transceiver that creates a wi-fi
hot-spot for your internet radio.

As with any wireless, read the manual and
secure your connection, otherwise your
neighbors and passers-by get free internet!

Ah, that's better. Think transceivers instead of the direction I want
the data to go in.

Thank you

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Just get a WiFi wireless router box and plug it into one of the ports
on the modem. I use a Cisco/Linksys thing from Best Buy, works fine.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology Inc
www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com

Precision electronic instrumentation
Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators
Custom timing and laser controllers
Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links
VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer
Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators

 

[Jamie]

default wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:12:23 -0400, news@jecarter.us wrote:


On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:


I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Most wireless routers can be setup as wireless access points. Check
the manuals on some inexpensive wireless routers and get one that can
be configured as an AP which you then simply plug into the existing
router.


Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

You mean you have a PC that does not have a WiFi modem in it? Is that
the problem? If so, yes, you can get a USB WiFi modem.

If you are trying to create a server on a PC/Laptop, that is a
programming issue on the PC/Laptop but, it'll do it if the unit
is equipped with a Wifi modem.

Jamie

 

[Jamie]

default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Now I know what you're talking about..

Yes. You can get a router that has a WIfi modem in it and it can act
as a switch. The router has a WLAN port on it where you plug into the
main port of the DSL modem that was given to you.


Jamie

 

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:38:30 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Just get a WiFi wireless router box and plug it into one of the ports
on the modem. I use a Cisco/Linksys thing from Best Buy, works fine.

The Linksys WRT54G is the one I'm looking at. Price is down ~$50 and
I don't need "n" speed.

What model did you get?

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:53:17 -0400, default wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:38:30 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:57:22 -0400, default wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

Just get a WiFi wireless router box and plug it into one of the ports
on the modem. I use a Cisco/Linksys thing from Best Buy, works fine.

The Linksys WRT54G is the one I'm looking at. Price is down ~$50 and
I don't need "n" speed.

What model did you get?

E2000. It's a couple of years old but Amazon still sells them.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology Inc
www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com

Precision electronic instrumentation
Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators
Custom timing and laser controllers
Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links
VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer
Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators

 

[fungus]

On Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:44:36 PM UTC+2, (unknown) wrote:

Access point? I want to transmit a wireless signal not access one
that's already there. Is there no single box that takes a ethernet
cable at one end and has an antenna at the other?

Yes. It's called a "router".

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2012-06-30, default <default> wrote:

I have DSL with a modem supplied by my telco. It has four ethernet
ports on it. If I want to add wi-fi. Can I just get some kind of
gizmo (and what is it called) plug that into one port and be good to
go for providing a wireless connection to a stand alone internet
radio.

DSL modems have only one ethernet port, if it has several it's
a modem router.

Telco will do it, but they charge to set it up and charge "rental" on
the dsl/wifi gateway for as long as I have it.

With a modem router you only need a wireless access point.
but you can use a wireless router instead if you want
just ignore the WAN port and turn off the DHCP feature
and connect one of the wireless router's LAN ports to a LAN port on the modem router.

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