do i need a router
 

hi, in my old pc i had a wireless card, what i was thinking of doing was putting it in my new pc and connecting (wirelessly) to my nokia N91, is that possible, or do i need a router ?

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Not sure about hooking up a Nokia phone... only ever used infrared to connect my mobile. However, you would need a router (more specifically, you'd actually need a wireless access point, but all wireless routers are by definition wireless access points too!) for your PC's wireless NIC to talk to anything else - it can't talk directly to other wireless NICs.

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noooooooooo.... i wanted it be wireless right now :( anyhoo what do you suggest would be a cheap, but high preformance/compatible/ feature rich router ? that i can plug my modem cable in to and use a wired connection for pc to have access to the net and wireless for the phone to access the net ?

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Well, I've only ever used 2 different ones... the Linksys WRT54G which will set you back about £40ish or the Cisco Aironet which costs a helluva lot more.

Just to reiterate, I've never tried connecting a mobile phone to a wireless AP... didn't even think you could do it, so someone else will have to help you with that part, I'm afraid.

edit: just realised... that'd be bluetooth. So it is possible, but I've never done it.

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not bluetooth

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n91-1154.php


so the Linksys WRT54G will do ?

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is there any reason why you cannot setup an adhoc network between the two devices?

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*moved to Networking forum

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How do u rate the n91? I'm still waiting for the n93.

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sorry about the wrong section :(

adhoc ? how ?

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Blimey, that's neat... didn't realise phones could connect directly via 802.11.

Should work fine... can't think why it wouldn't.

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i like it, tis a bit buggy though, but thats typical of nokia phones :D it does what it says, check out the specs.... in the link a few posts above.

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all i want to do is access the internet on it, GPRS is way too expensive!

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It should be fairly streight forward to access the net via wifi there should be an option in the phones settings to search for wireless access pionts. I've seen it done on a couple of other phones.

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well i just put the wireless card in pc and it says

wireless connection unavailable :eek:

what do i do ?

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ok it says wireless connection unavailable and it has the red x i go through the asus utility and it says no networks, its in ad-hoc mode, but the network shows up in my phone, yet i cant do anything! :(

the asus utility also says 'not linked'

hmmm....

Re: do i need a router
 

Yes you would need a wireless router but I think the N91 has its own wireless device so it would not need to be ported through a PC then and could access the internet directly through the wireless router much the same as a PSP does etc.
Hope this helps.

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It doesnt Pop :)

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I was able to use the webbrowser on my psp using my wireless card as an AP without a wireless router just fine. :)

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Really, blimey that's impressive. Everything I've tried (admittedly old kit) wouldn't communicate without a dedicated AP. :(

I stand corrected :)

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Alright if youve got a spare Wireless Card laying around :)

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Yep, i have one just sitting there dormant in my draw... However i don't have a WiFi enabled phone ;)

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It was a real pain to setup thou. The driver for the wireless card ment it could be used as an AP or as a proper wireless card. You could only use one mode at a time and It killed my wired lan on 2 other computers so I quickly went with a decent wireless router. Plus having the wireless card in my main rig ment loosing 2 usb ports as I ran out of PCI slots, so I regained them.

Much better solution in the end... so I think were both right. A Wirless router would be the nicest solution. :)