[nlug] Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Jack
I have an old USRobotics wireless game adapter that I use to help gateway my house onto the internet from another location with a high gain directional antenna. The USR adapter gave up the ghost. What I found to replace it seems to all have 'integrated' antenna, so that I would have to take 'hard

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Don McMorris
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Jack wrote: > I have an old USRobotics wireless game adapter that I use to help gateway my > house onto the > internet from another location with a high gain directional antenna. > > The USR adapter gave up the ghost.  What I found to replace it seems to all > have

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Jack
Yes, you have the right idea, Don. I was wondering if putting a device in 'access point' mode would work for this purpose, that is if it would act as a bridge or if it insists on being more 'active' than that. On 10/3/09, Don McMorris wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Jack wrote: >

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Don McMorris
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Jack wrote: > Yes, you have the right idea, Don. > > I was wondering if putting a device in 'access point' mode would work for > this purpose, > that is if it would act as a bridge or if it insists on being more 'active' > than that. "Access Point mode" is "clients

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Jack
yes, that is why I was using a ethernet game adapter. Just trying to see if some of the access point mode would work that way too. ><> ... Jack On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Don McMorris wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Jack wrote: > > Yes, you have the right idea, Don. > > > > I

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Chris McQuistion
I do the same as Don, except I use the Tomato firmware. It works great. Chris On Saturday, October 3, 2009, Jack wrote: > yes, that is why I was using a ethernet game adapter.  Just trying to see if > some > of the access point mode would work that way too.><> ... Jack > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 200

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Jack
I think I will try to find a Linksys WET54G ... it does what I think I need. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[nlug] Re: Need recomentation on a new wifi-ethernet game adapter with detachable antenna

2009-10-03 Thread Don McMorris
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Jack wrote: > I think I will try to find a Linksys WET54G ... it does what I think I need. Yup, looks like it ;) > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group.