multiple wlan/WEP configs
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri May 14 11:10:53 EDT 2004
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
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