Craig pondered:
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Recently I stayed at a hotel that had wifi in the rooms, but my Powerbook
3400c had no wifi card (left it in another at home). The front desk gave me some
contraption that could receive the 802.11b signal and send it thru a RJ-45
cable, which was pplugged from the device to my Powerbook..
What is that sort of device called? I could use that in lieu of a PCI wifi
card, huh?
What you are looking for is called a Wireless to ethernet bridge. DLink's is the DWL-810 and I believe that Linksys's is the WET-11. These will allow almost ANY ethernet enabled (even gaming consoles) device to hook up to a wireless network. How about getting that SE 30 with the pds ethernet card out of the closet and surfing the net at cable modem speeds?
I picked up a DLink for my beige G3, which was maxed out with no available slots, when I got a cable modem at home. The line of "sight" from the DLink to the router is about 30' and down 1 1/2 floors going past a number of copper pipes. It worked great. When I picked up a G$ 533 DA to replace the beige, I just plugged it into the DWL-810 and it worked fine. I am using it right now instead of buying an Airport card because it just works, and isn't that why we have Macs?
HTH, Len
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