Need 56K wireless gateway

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I have one laptop (XP Home) and want to roam around my house and farm. I need
a wireless gateway (or a combination of products) to handle the 56K connection
(no DSL or cable here) and a printer.

So far, I've found only two products that have a 56K modem built-in: Zoomair
IG-4165 and Apple's Airport Extreme. Does the Zoomair even exist as new
anymore? I can't find anyone that carries them. And can I use the Apple
without a Mac to configure it?

Is there some other combination of products, like a router and separate modem,
that I should be looking at instead of an all-in-one? I'm new to home
networking and would greatly appreciate any advice.
 
I have one laptop (XP Home) and want to roam around my house and farm. I need
a wireless gateway (or a combination of products) to handle the 56K connection
(no DSL or cable here) and a printer.

So far, I've found only two products that have a 56K modem built-in: Zoomair
IG-4165 and Apple's Airport Extreme. Does the Zoomair even exist as new
anymore? I can't find anyone that carries them. And can I use the Apple
without a Mac to configure it?

Is there some other combination of products, like a router and separate modem,
that I should be looking at instead of an all-in-one? I'm new to home
networking and would greatly appreciate any advice.
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Here's a dial-up modem/router from Actiontec You could use it with a
wireless access point or with a wireless router configured as an
access point only:

http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/dual_pcmodem/dpm_overview.html
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=25-3211

It won't help with the printer, though. If your printer doesn't
depend on Windows to do some of its print processing, you could get a
wired print server to connect it to the Actiontec's second LAN port.
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