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Wired to wireless network
callistris
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At work we only have a wired network installed which has only given us a limited number of access points.
We have been given permission to turn this into a wireless network.
Now I think what I need to do this is whats called a "wireless access point" which i can connect into our existing wired hub to give us our wireless network.
Could you experts confirm for me if this is correct please, if not could you advise what we would need please.
The unit is to work in a workshop environment.
We have been given permission to turn this into a wireless network.
Now I think what I need to do this is whats called a "wireless access point" which i can connect into our existing wired hub to give us our wireless network.
Could you experts confirm for me if this is correct please, if not could you advise what we would need please.
The unit is to work in a workshop environment.
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On our small work network we had a Netgear Wireless Access Point plugged into our hub which worked fine with very little setup needed. Most of the computers are wired connections, but we wanted WiFi for laptops etc.
I went and had a look - it's a Netgear WG602.0 -
just about any wireless router you could buy from a computer shop should work.
The router would take the IP address from your companies network by plugging it into where the hub would access the network, you should even be able to plug the hub into the router (into one of its spare ethernet ports on the back of it).
Then all the wi-fi hosts, such as laptops could connect to the router through its wi-fi network, and you could connect wired hosts as before to the hub.
Don't forget though that wi-fi is half duplex, which means that it can only communicate with one device at a time. This device also can only transmit or recieve but not both at the same time.
This goes on so fast you don't notice it, but once you get more than 6 wi-fi hosts trying to connect to the wireless router, you may start to notice the wi-fi network slowing.
Then again a hub is also half duplex too. Perhaps it may be worth swapping the hub for an ethernet switch (which would be full duplex).
It would depend on how many PCs/Laptops you want to connect though, if its not really that many then you could possibly get away with just the router (and plug up to 4 PCs into it with a ethernet cable).Don't try to teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig0 -
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