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MovedGoalPosts · 09-02-2006, 00:39

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I hope this is the answer you expect

I can't see this working. You needed a wireless router, not a wireless access point.

You could have a wired router, and then add the wireless access point, so that may now be your cheapest option.

Simply put the modem can only speak to one device at a time. Usually that is a computer. Put a WAP instead of a computer and the modem gets confused.

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There would be one other way of doing it - using internet connection sharing, but that only allows one PC to operate wirelessly in it's connection to the other which is wired to the modem.

09-02-2006, 00:39	#2
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Ethernet Modem and Wireless Access Point to Cable Forum I hope this is the answer you expect I can't see this working. You needed a wireless router, not a wireless access point. You could have a wired router, and then add the wireless access point, so that may now be your cheapest option. Simply put the modem can only speak to one device at a time. Usually that is a computer. Put a WAP instead of a computer and the modem gets confused. ---------- Post added at 00:39 ---------- Previous post was at 00:38 ---------- There would be one other way of doing it - using internet connection sharing, but that only allows one PC to operate wirelessly in it's connection to the other which is wired to the modem.