Need an access point

5 Apr 2005 5:25 PM

Charlie in San Francisco

I'm looking for an access point to connect my wireless Thinkpad to my
dsl modem. I have only the one computer, so I don't need a router.

Could anyone recommend a good one?

Thanks,

Charlie in San Francisco

5 Apr 2005 9:15 PM

riggor9999

Just get a simple router with built in wireless. By far it is the easiest
and best solution

Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin

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"Charlie in San Francisco" <ctm***@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for an access point to connect my wireless Thinkpad to my dsl
> modem. I have only the one computer, so I don't need a router.
>
> Could anyone recommend a good one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie in San Francisco

5 Apr 2005 11:54 PM

POPS

I agree! A router will also eliminate a switch which you will need if you
get an access point. Both are good depending on what your application will
be. It all boils down to what you want to do and where do you want to take
it.

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"riggor9999" <riggor9***@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Just get a simple router with built in wireless. By far it is the easiest
> and best solution
>
> Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin
>
> "Charlie in San Francisco" <ctm***@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:d2uhms02jn3@news1.newsguy.com...
> > I'm looking for an access point to connect my wireless Thinkpad to my
dsl
> > modem. I have only the one computer, so I don't need a router.
> >
> > Could anyone recommend a good one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Charlie in San Francisco
>
>

6 Apr 2005 12:02 AM

BradReeseCom

Hi Charlie,

You may wish to investigate the Cisco Linksys "Interactive" Home
Wireless Network Tutorial:

http://www.linksys.com/edu/ourhouse.asp

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
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6 Apr 2005 12:12 AM

BradReeseCom

Charlie,

Actually, the Cisco Linksys Configurator would be more helpful to you:

http://www.linksys.com/configurator/

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Worldwide
http://www.bradreese.com/cisco-big-iron-repair.htm

6 Apr 2005 9:32 PM

Charlie in San Francisco

BradReeseCom said the following on 4/5/2005 5:12 PM:

> Charlie,
>
> Actually, the Cisco Linksys Configurator would be more helpful to you:
>
> http://www.linksys.com/configurator/
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brad Reese
> BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Worldwide
> http://www.bradreese.com/cisco-big-iron-repair.htm
>

I'm now set up with a Thinkpad running XP SP2, with a Cisco Systems PCI
Wireless LAN Adapter. The adapter talks to a Linksys BEFW1184 router,
which talks to a Westell Wirespeed DSL modem. It all works.

The Linksys tutorial says I should change the SSID, disable the SSID
broadcast option, change the default password needed to access a
wireless device, and enable MAC address filtering. However, it doesn't
tell me how.

Can someone steer me in the right direction?

Thanks,

--
Charlie in San Francisco

6 Apr 2005 10:26 PM

Neill Massello

Charlie in San Francisco <ctm***@pacbell.net> wrote:

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> BradReeseCom said the following on 4/5/2005 5:12 PM:
> > Charlie,
> >
> > Actually, the Cisco Linksys Configurator would be more helpful to you:
> >
> > http://www.linksys.com/configurator/
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Brad Reese
> > BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Worldwide
> > http://www.bradreese.com/cisco-big-iron-repair.htm
> >
>
> I'm now set up with a Thinkpad running XP SP2, with a Cisco Systems PCI
> Wireless LAN Adapter. The adapter talks to a Linksys BEFW1184 router,
> which talks to a Westell Wirespeed DSL modem. It all works.
>
> The Linksys tutorial says I should change the SSID, disable the SSID
> broadcast option, change the default password needed to access a
> wireless device, and enable MAC address filtering. However, it doesn't
> tell me how.
>
> Can someone steer me in the right direction?

Instructions should be in the manual, which you can download from the
Linksys web site <http://www.linksys.com>. (I think your model number is
acutally BEFW11S4.) As for the recommendations in the Linksys tutorial,
the first and third (unique SSID and password) are solid; the second and
fourth (disabling SSID broadcast and MAC filtering) are pretty
worthless. What you need is encryption -- WEP or (preferably) WPA.