On 4/10/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:38:57AM -0700, RBW wrote:
> > Lan Barnes wrote:
> >
> > She won't let you punch out some walls and drill through her floors!
> > That's outRAGEOUS! That just won't DO!
> >
>
> Yeah, but I've grown fond of her.
>
> > That being thae case... That reply from Chris on your WiFi thread seems
> > to be the fastest way to actually get something running. Use a wireless
> > router/bridge that can wirelessly connect to your base wireless router
> > by wired connection between that second router/bridge and the MythTV
> > box. This can solve the one problem while giving you time to fish around
> > for the problem of wireless from the MythTV box itself.
> >
> > It's a way to just go around the problem to get the immeadiate problem
> > solved (wireless for the MythTV box).
> >
> > Make sense?
> >
> > RBW
>
> lemme get this straight. I can make two wireless router/hubs talk to
> each other? Because I happen to already _have_ two wireless router/hubs.
> So I could put one downstairs in the <cough> TV area and leave the other
> upstairs. And even the laptop could have a short cat 5 in the living
> room for those moments when I want to work on data base stuff while
> watching the Padres (assuming wantonly that there will be any reason to
> watch the Padres this season).
>
> Is it just a turn-it-on-and-it-works sort of thing?
Some wireless router/hub/access-point gadgets can be configured to do
this. Most can't. You can buy a separate box to be an Ethernet
Bridge, which is the tech-talk for what you want. Look in the
documentation for what you already have, with keyword "bridge" and see
what happens.
carl
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