My house has gone Wi-Fi - What do I do??

[PhatAgnus]

My Christmas gift to the family was to install 802.11G to the home, so now my wife's PC & my PDA have wireless access to the web. My A3000 is still plugging along via 56k modem via phone lines. I've the Power Up 68060/50 maxed in RAM and the the trusty Highway USB card in my desktop. Also have a Norway card, but not installed (I think). How can I get my ol' girl into the Wi-Fi pool? Thinking of going the USB dongle route, but not sure if it'll work, what drivers/TCP settings/SANA II stuff I'll need to make this fly. FYI: Also running AmiTCP(Genesis). Any input greatly appreciated. TIA

[Colin_Camper]

This is the baby you need!


Belkin F5D7330 54Mbps Wireless Ethernet Bridge

Amazon.com

I put the amazon.com link in the because I think you're over the pond in the US  :-)

PS Can you guess what my avatar is? (The clue is in your nic!)

[Furvert]

If you have a norway, then install it! That is the easiest way to go wi-fi. You'll need a wireless router or access pont, a tcp stack (I use Miami3.2b but MiamiDx would be better.) AmiTPC works fine too. There are a few things you might need to get off Aminet for amitcp. Most important you'll need  Samba.

 http://birrabrothers.com/tiger/data/samba/index.htm

It's a mild pain to set up but it's also the only netowrking stack for going to PCs. It's also FREE!


Furvert

"Antbot not find own thorax with both hands and a roadmap"  -- Waspinator

[PhatAgnus]

Well, I have the router which is functioning as my access point to the web via DSL Cable modem. For now I'm not looking to network my Amiga with the PC or the PDA, just want to take advantage of the speeds that a DSL Cable modem will offer. That being said I don't think I need to delve into Samba just yet do I (Man what a large archive!!)?

[PhatAgnus]

Colin: Let me guess...your avatar is the innerds of a Fat Agnus chip, correct?? Cool pic As for the Belkin, that's just a wireless router, right? This I already have, Motorola brand (linksys), up & running. Only want to get my Miggy A3K to chime in with it.

[odin]

PhatAgnus wrote:
As for the Belkin, that's just a wireless router, right?

Ehm....no, from the blurb in the link provided:
The Wireless Ethernet Adapter sets up on any Ethernet-equipped computer or Ethernet-equipped network device with the simplicity of Plug-and-Play technology. Simply plug one end of an Ethernet Cable into the Ethernet Adapter and connect the other end to any available Ethernet port and your PC or network device will have wireless capabilities.

Get it now? :-).

[Colin_Camper]

Hey - spot on - it's fat agnus without her overcoat!

As for the Belkin, that's just a wireless router, right?

It's a bridge. So.. you have a wireless gateway. You can install the belkin (linksys also do them) elsewhere but within range of the gateway - and either plug a host directly to it or plug it in a cheap 10/100 switch for multiple hosts.

I'm getting one myself because I am moving my office upstairs and don't fancy installing yet another telephone socket.... :-(

[PhatAgnus]

Maybe I'm just befuddled over the term 'bridge'. What I'd truly like to do is make use of the USB port on my Highway card, and was looking to simply plug in either a wireless USB adapter/transmitter, preferably in a dongle type case. Just trying to avoid tearing down my Miggy to access/install the Norway.

[Elektro]

My house has gone Wi-Fi - What do I do??

I'd burn it down, before it spreads!


 :-D  :-D  :-P

[ncafferkey]

PhatAgnus wrote:
Maybe I'm just befuddled over the term 'bridge'. What I'd truly like to do is make use of the USB port on my Highway card, and was looking to simply plug in either a wireless USB adapter/transmitter, preferably in a dongle type case. Just trying to avoid tearing down my Miggy to access/install the Norway.

The problem is that there aren't any Amiga drivers for those USB dongles, whereas the bridge doesn't need a driver.

[aardvark]

There are wireless gaming solutions that may be usable.  They are wireless adapters that plug into ethernet ports and have different selectable channels.  All protocols are built into the adapter and don't need to be onboard on the device.  As far as the device is concerned it's just connected to a standard ethernet port.

[sir_inferno]

put on yea old medieval helmet made of lead tru, hope you don't get brain, or bum cancer...

[PhatAgnus]

Maybe  we can inspire Chris H. to draw up a few lines of USB dongle code?? As for the lead helmet...well ya gotta die from sumthin'! Thanks for all the posts, guys. Looks I'll need to be going the route of the Norway/bridge setup.