Re: [Thinkpad] OT What eqpt required pls

What you want is a device that can act as a WiFi bridge (in this
case, actually a client adapter) to connect to the hotel's access
point. What they do is to provide wireless capability to a device
that only has Ethernet ports. They're available from several
manufacturers (sometimes sold as game or printer adapters). Some
devices (like the D-Link DWL-900+ that I've used) can be configured
to be used as a client adapter or as an access point. A laptop may
be needed to configure the adapter before connecting it to the Vonage box.

One potential gotcha -- some bridges/client adapters can be finicky
as to which access points they'll connect with, depending on the
chipsets/firmware involved. My impression is that this problem has
decreased, at least for simple client adapters (full bridges are more
complicated).

- John

At 09:02 AM 11/22/2007, Jeffrey Race wrote:
>A friend will be visiting me in Bangkok staying at a hotel with wifi in the
>room but no LAN. He wants to bring his Vonage TA. Is there a device
>which will receive the wifi signal and offer two or more ethernet ports?
>(He can plug in his Mac too)
>tks for ideas
>jeffrey race
>
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