Then all you need is a bridge and a switch. The bridge will act as a wireless connection between your switch and the wireless router upstairs. This one should do what you need:
http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WGE101.asp?view= Then just buy the switch of your choice and plug it into the bridge. That will give you enough ports for your toys (the bridge only has one port). -David On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 09:27, Jason Purdy wrote: > Jim Ray wrote: > > > You have to plug the router into your cable modem. You can plug an access > > point into a switch. They definitely are not the same pieces of equipment. > > Gotcha. I do have a wireless router plugged into the cable modem > upstairs. But what do I need downstairs to convert the wireless to two > ethernet ports? Access Point ... Router ... Adapter ... Bridge? > > Thanks! > > Jason -- David A. Cafaro <dac(at)cafaro.net> Sys Admin to User: "You did what?!?" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
