I use a 2wire Home portal 100 - software version 1.0 win XP Home- DSL --
and have a PNA - phoneline network setup. It works fine and I'd like to
keep the "hardwire" in place. I would like to add wireless capability only
for a laptop. Is there a way to add a wireless connection while keeping my
existing wired (telephone line) network? Someone told me I need a WAP -
Wireless Access Point but the 2wire home portal does not have any open
ethernet ports. It has 1 in from the modem and 1 out to the computer?

Any solution any know of?

John

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>I use a 2wire Home portal 100 - software version 1.0 win XP Home- DSL --
[...]
> Any solution any know of?

get a wap/router combo.
place it between the DSL modem and your computer.

(phone line-> dsl modem ->WAP/Router -> computer.)

I don't know how the PNA works... but i'm suprised it works on the
same line as DSL. (which it apparently does)

Another option is to get a card for the desktop that stays on, and use
the desktop as a bridge to the wireless world.

good luck.

--
be safe.
flip
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Phil thanks for the help - but - if I - (phone line-> dsl
modem ->WAP/Router -> computer.) I only have 1 ethernet port on my
omputer - so I would have to eliminate the home portal (which uses that
ethernet connection) - the home portal connects back to my phone line
system which gives me the phoneline network...

Maybe I'll try the card - I assume the card I get should have some sort of
"transmitter" connected or something...but I'll work on it -

Thanks

John


"Philip Lewis" <flip+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>I use a 2wire Home portal 100 - software version 1.0 win XP Home- DSL --
> [...]
>> Any solution any know of?
>
> get a wap/router combo.
> place it between the DSL modem and your computer.
>
> (phone line-> dsl modem ->WAP/Router -> computer.)
>
> I don't know how the PNA works... but i'm suprised it works on the
> same line as DSL. (which it apparently does)
>
> Another option is to get a card for the desktop that stays on, and use
> the desktop as a bridge to the wireless world.
>
> good luck.
>
> --
> be safe.
> flip
> Ich habe keine Ahnung was das bedeutet, oder vielleicht doch?
> Remove origin of the word spam from address to reply (leave "+")
>
>