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On Tuesday 05 December 2006 18:11, Simon Waters wrote:
> Tom Potts wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anyone has heard of a portable wireless <->
> > ethernet adaptor - battery powered if poss?
> >
> > The idea being I can configure it and then plug in my laptop or one of my
> > old pcs?
>
> We used some for the zywave project at work. I might even persuade the
> boss to sell one if there is one spare around (802.11b only).
>
> Gemtek did a USB powered dongle, it bridged wireless to wired, and had a
USB no good - want to use it on a 400 year old laptop.
> little webserver built in. Well designed beasties, with traffic light
> coloured lights (makes for easy 3rd party troubleshooting ("what
> coloured lights are on?", assuming they don't have Daltonism, but then
> those with Daltonism are brighter on average I believe).
>
> This looks like its closest successor in the technology stakes.
>
> http://www.gemtek.com.tw/pro_wl295.htm
>
> But not sure how it will work better than a wireless card, apart from
> about 18 inches of cable and a diddy antenna. Guess if you had a longer
> USB and ethernet cable than the one supplied one could stick it further
> away from the machine.
Wireless card sticks in laptop... so arial in beer gut - adaptor can be on 5m
cable and at roof level or on sideboard so the signal doesn have to go
through beer gut, log burner and or 3' of cob wall!
Found a couple of 'games' adaptors - so those poor sods with xbox's can ignore
the world as well as their close relatives - but they're mains powered and
about £45 - when you can get a full access point with firewall/NAT and 4 port
switch for £35? Is the world completely mad?
I know I am!
Tom te tom te tom
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