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dsr at tao.merseine.nu writes: > 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. This still doesn't help your wireless configuration issue. You still need to configure the SSID (Network Name) and WEP Key to join the wireless network. > -dsr- -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warlord at MIT.EDU PGP key available
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