do i need a router

[kronas]

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 ?

[Gareth]

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.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Gareth

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.

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 ?

[Gareth]

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.

[kronas]

not bluetooth

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

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


so the Linksys WRT54G will do ?

[Chris W]

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

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*moved to Networking forum

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

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Chris W

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

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*moved to Networking forum

sorry about the wrong section

adhoc ? how ?

[Gareth]

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

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

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Dodger444

How do u rate the n91?

i like it, tis a bit buggy though, but thats typical of nokia phones 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!

Originally Posted by kronas

i like it, tis a bit buggy though, but thats typical of nokia phones 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!

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.

[kronas]

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

wireless connection unavailable

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....

[pop80_uk]

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.

[Graham M]

It doesnt Pop

Originally Posted by Gareth

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.

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