Re: [NTLK] WIFI - Don't Make the Newt Do It

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jun 12 2008 - 06:02:04 EDT

You're talking about a wireless Ethernet bridge, a device for connecting a
device (or small network) by Ethernet to a wireless network.

Try looking for something like the old Linksys wireless gaming adapter
WGA54G or the older 802.11b equivalent.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net [mailto:newtontalk-
> bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] WIFI - Don't Make the Newt Do It
>
>
> I have pretty much steered clear of WEP and 80211.b lately because of the
> (in)security issues. I was thinking that the "best thing" might be a
> little
> device/router that did all the WIFI, etc communication work (including WPA
> for security), and let the Newt think it was communicating over a regular
> ethernet (or even serial?) connection. However, I have yet to find
> something
> like that.

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