[Info-vax] Wireless networking for my home xp900

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <w4ednTMRmbMt0RLXnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <1f919585-c3f2-4faf-a311-9c4f1f715eb0 at z31g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, Doug Phillips <dphill46 at netscape.net> writes:
>>>> On Aug 17, 5:15=A0pm, Jojimbo <jjgessl... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Aug 17, 2:07=A0pm, VAXman- =A0 at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <6eaa6e9d-3a95-46c1-98d5-ab7b8b280... at z24g2000yqb.googlegrou=
>>>> ps.com>, Jojimbo <jjgessl... at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>> Due to some residential reorganization, my xp900 will be moving
>>>>>>> further away from the network hub. =A0This will make having an actual
>>>>>>> wire very inconvenient for network connectivity. =A0Is there some devi=
>>>> ce
>>>>>>> I can use to let the xp900 join my already established wireless net?
>>>>>>> Any suggestions appreciated.
>>>>>>> Thanks, =A0Jim
>>>>>> A wireless bridge. =A0Eg. =A0LinkSys WET54G.
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>>>>>> =A0http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
>>>>>> =A0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
>>>>> Thanks, =A0I was looking for something along these lines, transparent to
>>>>> the xp900, relatively cheap.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, =A0Jim
>>>> Or, if you want to save a few dollars go with a cheap wireless router
>>>> (I'm using a WRT54G) and download (and install) the appropriate (free)
>>>> firmware upgrade from < http://www.dd-wrt.com/ >.
>>>>
>>>> My basement LAN has been connected to my upstairs LAN for years using
>>>> this setup.
>>> Does this give you more robust router capabilities on a Linksys?  I just
>>> picked up one for the first time for my son away at college.  I am _NOT_
>>> impressed with the web based configuration and it was very limited from
>>> what I witnessed.  
>>>
>>>  
>> If you are used to a *real* router, the Linksys (and equivalent stuff) 
>> is pretty lame.  A LinkSys, or equivalent, router does get the job done 
>> IF the job is to connect an RFC-1918 Private Network to the Internet. 
>> It doubles as a firewall (perhaps also lame) by requiring that all 
>> connections are originated from the Private side.  I suspect that there 
>> are millions of such devices quietly doing the job. . . .
>>
>> As for the configuration, there is not whole lot to configure!  I think 
>> mine required a whole three minutes.  Two and one half of those minutes 
>> were devoted to reading the instructions.
> 
> Yeah, I blogged my entire Linksys experience.
> 
> I still don't understand why a WEENDOZE PeeCee can't connect to and
> configure the Linksys without installing/running the software on the
> enclosed CD.  It's not really important, I run operating systems on
> my hardware.
> 
> I found the documentation on the CD too.  Yeah, it was in PDF format
> too!  All I needed to do was power it up, connect to the default of
> 'linksys' for SSID, connect to it with my Linux laptop and point its
> Firefox browser to 192.168.1.1.  The documentation said 'admin' was
> the password.  Once I read that far and was talking to the device, I
> added the CD to my polycarbonate drink coaster collection.  I copied
> the manual to the documentation folder on my laptop too... not that 
> I think I'll read it but you never know.
> 
> I'm off to PSU Abington today to see if it will actually function on
> the cable network there.
> 
> BTW, the menus didn't seem to refresh properly when I used Safari to
> connect to the web management pages.  That seemed rather odd for the
> only browser to have passed the ACID3 test!  FireFox is still 93/100.
> 

Mine is so old it didn't come with a CD!  I never missed it!