Wireless Router with Dialup?

[kenimpzoom]

Can you use a wireless router to link two laptops and have one laptop connected to the internet via dialup and the other laptop share the internet connection.<br /><br />Thanks, Ken

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

It's my understanding that to use a wireless internet router, you need broadband. If you had broadband though, both laptops can use the same signal to access the internet. Hope this helps.

 

[JasonB]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

Yup, you sure can. You need something like this:<br /><br /> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/review/smc-7004wbr.asp <br /><br />or this:<br /><br /> http://www.hawkingtech.com/prodSpec.php?ProdID=98 <br /><br />A cheaper, but more challenging, solution could be to set one laptop up with internet connection sharing in Windows as long as both are 98 or better then add a couple wireless cards in Ad-Hoc mode to connect wirelessly.<br /><br />Keep in mind that the serial ported router typically will not work with AOL, NetZero. Earthlink, etc that use a special dialer software.

 

[kenimpzoom]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

No, I just have a PCMCIA modem.<br /><br />I have had two laptops sharing one dial up via a parallel cable connection. I just wanted to make this same connection but wireless.<br /><br />Thanks for the help,<br /><br />Ken

 

[JasonB]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

Did a bit of research for you. The older SMC or Hawkings may not be available any more, but looks like DLink makes a newer model. It is pricier than your standard Wi-Fi router, but not horribly so at $140 for a G router. You can find it at Amazon or newegg.com. Here's the link to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...56961-3553445?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 <br /><br />You definetly want to verify with D-Link ( http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=274 ) that this route will do what you want, but I downloaded the manual while waiting on something for work and it says "com port provides serial connection for a backup analog dial-up modem" Sounds like you have a permanently failing broadbang connection to me <br /><br />Do you already have an external serial modem?

 

[rwise]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

I used a product from sygate for internet conection sharing, worked great, very easy to set up (unlike micros~t stuff). one server and up to 4 clients on the basic lisence. was about $30 at the time and they had a 30 day trial for it.

 

[ndemge]

Re: Wireless Router with Dialup?

We used Sygate at the Elementry school I was helping with for a year to share out their modem connection... They finally have DSL, router etc now.. <br /><br />Personally, If I wanted to acomplish this it would be via windows internet sharing.