Wireless Connection over 56k

31 Mar 2005 10:40 AM

Yellman

Hi all,

I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on the following
problem/scenario. Basically what I want to do is surf the Internet
wirelessly in my home in the UK - only got a 56K connection. The
laptop I would be using would be a PC one equipped with a 802.11g
PCMCIA Card. I thought it would be just a case of finding a wireless
56k modem but I cant find one, does anyone know if they still make
these? If they don't then can anyone point me to a solution. Would a
normal usb external modem plugged into a wireless receiver (dont know
the appropriate term) work?

TIA, Yellman

31 Mar 2005 12:28 PM

Airhead

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"Yellman" <Yellma***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112265627.442109.87820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on the following
> problem/scenario. Basically what I want to do is surf the Internet
> wirelessly in my home in the UK - only got a 56K connection. The
> laptop I would be using would be a PC one equipped with a 802.11g
> PCMCIA Card. I thought it would be just a case of finding a
wireless
> 56k modem but I cant find one, does anyone know if they still make
> these? If they don't then can anyone point me to a solution. Would
a
> normal usb external modem plugged into a wireless receiver (dont
know
> the appropriate term) work?
>
> TIA, Yellman
>

Here is how I did it. I bought a regular router that supports
rs232.(DB9 connection serial port)
I used an Asante FR3004LC, they dont sell these anymore but you can
usually find one
on ebay or SMC has one
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=1
&scid=&pid=858
or US Robotics made one but not sure of the model I then bought a
cheap external 56K modem to attach to the router and
also plugged in a Linksys wrt54g (in AP mode) to the router.
Then you are surfin!

31 Mar 2005 12:48 PM

William P. N. Smith

"Yellman" <Yellma***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>laptop I would be using would be a PC one equipped with a 802.11g
>PCMCIA Card. I thought it would be just a case of finding a wireless
>56k modem but I cant find one, does anyone know if they still make

http://www.wiflyer.com is a WiFi router with Ethernet and phone modem
inputs.

31 Mar 2005 1:08 PM

Neill Massello

Yellman <Yellma***@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I thought it would be just a case of finding a wireless 56k modem but I
> cant find one, does anyone know if they still make these?

<http://www.wiflyer.com/StoreFront.bok>
<http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/>

31 Mar 2005 1:23 PM

Ted

Yellman wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on the following
> problem/scenario. Basically what I want to do is surf the Internet
> wirelessly in my home in the UK - only got a 56K connection. The
> laptop I would be using would be a PC one equipped with a 802.11g
> PCMCIA Card. I thought it would be just a case of finding a wireless
> 56k modem but I cant find one, does anyone know if they still make
> these? If they don't then can anyone point me to a solution. Would a
> normal usb external modem plugged into a wireless receiver (dont know
> the appropriate term) work?
>
> TIA, Yellman
>

http://www.shop.bt.com/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&invt=cay227&bsref=btshop