802.11b Wireless Access Point + Switching Hub - £25.79 Delivered

Seems fairly cheap to me, I'm going to order one to attach to my current adsl router so I can surf the net in my garden

www.redstore.com

[Guest 7331]

certainly looks pretty bargaintastic...

[Guest 24987]

Does anyone know if I would be able to plug this into my Netgear DG834 router?

Also would it be possible to use this to access the network via a Apple Airport card in my Ibook? don't know much about wireless networking so hence all the questions

[Guest 541]

Airport is just Apple's name for 802.11b. Should work fine.

[Guest 21189]

Hmm,

Ive got a wired adsl router modem - Can I hook it upto this ok ?
Dont know if I can because they are both routers.

Andy

[Guest 11668]

Very cheap, gone for one of these, Thanks

[Guest 41792]

Forgive my stupidity, I'm new to broadband.

Is this product all that is needed to connect my broadband modem to, to enable me to send the internet connection to my other PCs? Is it a router itself or do you need to connect it to a router?

Thanks for any reply.

[Guest 11668]

It`s not just for broadband, It can be used to connect a network of computers to each other wirelessly or with wire.

The computers on your network can then talk to each other and share features like Internet access (be it broadband or 56K dial up)

Hope this helps

[Guest 2705]

I have my PC with ADSL in the bedroom and Xbox/PS2/Netgem/TiVo in the lounge.
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.......can I use a PCI wifi card in me Pc and then have this in the lounge with all the others connected to it, or does this need to be at the ADSL end of the system? ie connected to the PC ether and then a bridge in the lounge?

[Guest 6886]

Originally posted by tazzi
Hmm,

Ive got a wired adsl router modem - Can I hook it upto this ok ?
Dont know if I can because they are both routers.

Andy

The wireless access point WAP is only a transceiver you would still need another wireless card/access point to have a wireless connection.

Originally posted by pointsofview
Forgive my stupidity, I'm new to broadband.

Is this product all that is needed to connect my broadband modem to, to enable me to send the internet connection to my other PCs? Is it a router itself or do you need to connect it to a router?

Thanks for any reply.

You would need 1 WAP for each PC(unless you hardwire any connection) but internet access would depend on the Host(one with the physical internet connection) PC being turned on, or get a wireless router which is a lot easier to set up and also lets any Pc on the network access to the internet without the Host PC being on.

[wozwebs]

Originally posted by t@xman
I have my PC with ADSL in the bedroom and Xbox/PS2/Netgem/TiVo in the lounge.
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.......can I use a PCI wifi card in me Pc and then have this in the lounge with all the others connected to it, or does this need to be at the ADSL end of the system? ie connected to the PC ether and then a bridge in the lounge?

Would also love to know this. Could I in theory have my Xbox downstairs and link it to my PC for streaming (my box is special) divx movies etc.?

Any good for Xbox Live also?

[Guest 31770]

Pity they dont ship to Northern Ireland, I have emailed them and asked ...

I would also like to know if this will link my xbox to my D-Link 604+ Router (had wireless built in)....

Cheers

[Guest 2302]

Originally posted by wozwebs
Would also love to know this. Could I in theory have my Xbox downstairs and link it to my PC for streaming (my box is special) divx movies etc.?

Any good for Xbox Live also?

Not sure that this one would be fast enough to stream divx but Im happy for people with experience of it to prove me wrong.

[Guest 18858]

Just what I was looking for! Many thanks to Brunnen-G

Now, where can I get a cheap PCMCIA card to work with this?


Dave

[Guest 6672]

I've got a similar setup to T@xman and Wozweb. I assume I could get one of these, physically plug XBox, I-Player and Tivo into the back of it and plug an access point into the back of my PC (like the Asus one mentioned elsewher on this forum). My PC is on all the time anyway so the benefits of a full blown router are minimal for me.

[Guest 10392]

Originally posted by rampantscot
The wireless access point WAP is only a transceiver you would still need another wireless card/access point to have a wireless connection.



You would need 1 WAP for each PC(unless you hardwire any connection) but internet access would depend on the Host(one with the physical internet connection) PC being turned on, or get a wireless router which is a lot easier to set up and also lets any Pc on the network access to the internet without the Host PC being on.

This BenQ is an WAP with switch so I can just plug it into my NTL box and have wireless internet access assuming my PCs have WAPs or Wireless cards right?

Had a look at the manual to double check and the AWL700 is considered a broadband router, though a bit limited. Ordered it with a cheapo CNET PCI wireless card since the postage is £5.

Thanks to the original poster! Hopefully everything will work fine

[carlito8]

Originally posted by DaveJP
Just what I was looking for! Many thanks to Brunnen-G

Now, where can I get a cheap PCMCIA card to work with this?


Dave

Ebuyer do their own brand one for about £12 plus postage, works a treat as well

[Guest 18858]

Cheers mate, I think I've still got a free postage offer with them too

Just checked and I can only find a Dynamode . Is that the one?

Dave

[carlito8]

This is the one I've got, it works fine even down at the bottom of the garden and I've not had any problems with dropped connections.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52909

[Guest 6672]

Cheers to the original poster, just gone for two of these