multiple wlan/WEP configs

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Fri May 14 08:50:56 EDT 2004


On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:11:11AM -0400, Grant M wrote:
> Actually, what would be interesting would be if someone had an RJ45
> wired-to-wireless NIC adapter (I looked on froogle, but didn't see any).
> That way, you could just plug your standard NIC card into it, and it
> would pass-thru the data from the 802.11x connection. You'd need some
> sort of setup utility to setup WEP, DHCP, etc, but I should think it's
> do-able. something like that could be useful in all sorts of situations
> (wireless printers, switches, etc).

Sure. Not really suitable for laptops, but Linksys and a few
others make these. They're generally called "wireless bridges"
or similar.

-dsr-



More information about the Discuss mailing list