Hi,
I currently have a wired network of 7 PCs running through an 8 port 100Mbit switch. One of the computers is connected to a cable modem via a NIC and uses ICS to share the internet over the network. This PC doesn't do anything else appart from hold some MP3s and all the PCs are running Win2K.
I need a laptop and am looking at Intel Centrinos with wieless LAN, i'm also thinking about getting a wireless adapter for my PS2 ( which is in a room without a wired connection).
My idea is to replace my ICS machine with a wireless router but I am unsure as to what else to do to get things working?
I have seen a number of wirless routers but they only have 4 wired ports. How can I keep my existing wired network but add wireless connections to it, and preferably remove the requirement of having a PC on all the time to control it all?
I can't afford (and don' want to) to replace all my existing NICs with wireless ones.
I hope someone can help me
Thanks
I currently have a wired network of 7 PCs running through an 8 port 100Mbit switch. One of the computers is connected to a cable modem via a NIC and uses ICS to share the internet over the network. This PC doesn't do anything else appart from hold some MP3s and all the PCs are running Win2K.
I need a laptop and am looking at Intel Centrinos with wieless LAN, i'm also thinking about getting a wireless adapter for my PS2 ( which is in a room without a wired connection).
My idea is to replace my ICS machine with a wireless router but I am unsure as to what else to do to get things working?
I have seen a number of wirless routers but they only have 4 wired ports. How can I keep my existing wired network but add wireless connections to it, and preferably remove the requirement of having a PC on all the time to control it all?
I can't afford (and don' want to) to replace all my existing NICs with wireless ones.
I hope someone can help me
Thanks