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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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I am in a hotel for a week and the hotel only has a wireless network for the internet. Staples has a Linksys wireless router for $9.99 this week. Can I use this to connect to the wireless network? What settings do I need to change?
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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What you need is not a router-you need a bridge. A router usually will not behave as a client, but a bridge is built to do just that. And while $10 for a wireless router is a great deal (consider picking it up to have a spare when the cat knocks your coffee off onto your current wireless router-BAD kitty!), I'd look for a wireless bridge. Here's one at Buy.com, and one at Staples.
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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I was hoping I could get the router to act as a bridge......
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by PHoynak
I was hoping I could get the router to act as a bridge......
I am pretty sure that won't work.
What kind of Mac do you have? Maybe you should be considering installing an Airport card if your Mac will support it.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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Its a powerbook G3...the hotel I am at only has WIFI.....are they any off the sheld PCMCI cards that will work with OS X that Staples would have? I left my USB wireless adapter at home 
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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I know Airport is WiFI but the Powerbook I have does not have an airport slot....
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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The hotel gave me a bridge to use. It was a pain to s/u, all of the settings had to be put in manually but I finally got it working.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Doesn't your G3 PB have a PC Card slot? There are a number of Mac-compatible WiFi PC cards out there...
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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