A friend of mine says he has an antenna that connects to a wired router to wireless functionality him. [rj45 jack] [upside downside]
V: He has a basic hardwired router, but he says he bought an antenna that plugs into a free RJ45 connection in router, which gives him b / g wireless. Ive never heard of such a thing, but if it exists, Im thinking about getting one for my router rather than buying a new wireless router.
Who makes these antennas and what are they called? What is the upside / downside of using such a thing about a traditional wireless router?
Re:Well sumanumgun! I looked and looked at various retailers and never found one of those. Thanks Jack, keep that pork chop express truckin!
CircuitCity and BestBuy both sell these….
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
See the problem is is that I'd love to go completely WiFi, but I use Vonage. They sent me a router that has phone jacks built in and try as I might I haven't been able to find a WiFi router that has the phone jacks. So basically right now my only option is the access point.
Stink, you can do two things:
1. Buy an access point and connect it to your existing router, or…
2. Get rid of your router and get one of these (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1116265541785&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper). It should do everything you're looking to do.
Well sumanumgun! I looked and looked at various retailers and never found one of those. Thanks Jack, that pork chop express truckin!
No problem. 
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
See the problem is is that I'd love to go completely WiFi, but I use Vonage. They sent me a router that has phone jacks built in and try as I might I haven't been able to find a WiFi router that has the phone jacks. So basically right now my only option is the access point.
Stink, you can do two things:
1. Buy an access point and connect it to your existing router, or…
2. Get rid of your router and get one of these (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1116265541785&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper). It should do everything you're looking to do.
Well sumanumgun! I looked and looked at various retailers and never found one of those. Thanks Jack, keep that pork chop express truckin!
Re:Originally posted by: guy
See the problem is is that I'd love to go completely WiFi, but I use Vonage. They sent me a router that has phone jacks built in and try as I might I haven't been able to find a WiFi router that has the phone jacks. So basically right now my only option is the access point.
Stink, you can do two things:
1. Buy an access point and connect it to your existing router, or…
2. Get rid of your router and get one of these (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1116265541785&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper). It should do everything you're looking to do.
Re:except that as Fard mentioned, a "Wireless Router" is really just a "Router" with and "access point" built in. So you turn off routing (disable DHCP is the biggie), put gum in the WAN port (not required, but will save troubleshooting headeaches if someone tries to use it) assign it a unigue IP and then plug a switch port from your router into a switch point on your "wireless router" and BAM (thin Emril) you got cheap wireless.
Re:See the problem is is that I'd love to go completely WiFi, but I use Vonage. They sent me a router that has phone jacks built in and try as I might I haven't been able to find a WiFi router that has the phone jacks. So basically right now my only option is the access point.
Re:That would be a wireless Access Point. Most networking companies make them. They basically act as a wireless switch (works the same for wireless connections as a standard wired switch would for wired connections).
These are just a couple of examples from NewEgg:
Netgear – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833122013
Linksys – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124012
D-Link – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833127146
Most wireless routers can also act as wireless access points, and in reality, most wireless routers are much cheaper than the access points are so in my opinion it doesn't really make sense to get a plain access point over a router. If you don't want the router functions because your current router is already configured the way you want it and you don't want to set up a new router (or you have a romantic attachment to your current router ), just turn the router function off on the wireless unit and leave it as an access point. You always have the option later on to enable to router function if your wired router fails or you decide to consolidate, and you'll have the wired and wireless router functionality all in one unit.
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