[Info-vax] Wireless networking for my home xp900

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In article <NoCdncGQOcQCexLXnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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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>>>>>>> =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!

OK.  DHCP is fine but there's not way to assign a static IP for on device,
in this case, a wireless printer.  If the printer is ever assigned a new 
IP address, he'll have a hell of a time printing.  I knew I should have
gotten a WAP and a real router for him.

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