roll - gybe;388149 Wrote: > In fact, my home office has no wired connection. I connect through my > faint, but effective wireless-g network.
What I was suggesting was to use the wired network interface on your office computer. You indicate this connects wirelessly. Most computers also have a wired interface. I assume this is not used on your office computer. But you can "bridge" the wired to the wireless network interface using something Windows calls "Internet Connection Sharing". You then wire your SBR to this wired port, enable ICS, and traffic to/from the SBR is "bridged" over to the wireless interface, which you indicate is working. Also if your office computer has Internet access, you will have SqueezeNetwork access on your SBR as well. > Before spending more money on powerline adaptors and otherwise worthless > stuff, I wanted to try my old wireless B router as an access point. It'll work OK under ideal conditions - but real-life isn't ideal! Yes, you can reuse it - its best use would be as a wired-only switch. If you can bridge the office computer's wired and wireless network interfaces, it should work without you having to spend anything aside from a single Ethernet cable, which may have been included with one of your routers. If not, it's available anywhere for a few dollars. > I reset the configuration, and hooked my ethernet line near my SB3 into > it. I plugged my SB3 into a port, and hooked the SBR up to it > wirelessly. I tried hooking my computer to it wirelessly, and my > internet connection works no problem. For the sake of continuity, I > switched my computer back to the G network after the test. I don't understand what you're saying. What's "it" and which port are you plugging into? It probably doesn't matter, try the bridging thing first. > So that is the set-up. I am really just trying to be smart and not > spend another hundred bucks when I have all these devices laying around > the house. You don't have to spend anything. And for the record, I do like reusing equipment when possible but it doesn't look like your 802.11b router can be used in this configuration. Keep it around, you can use it as a switch. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta), SBC (beta - no battery) Sold: SB3, Duet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58659 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
