[DM-MUG] Wireless and nonwireless.

[Bill Davis]

You are correct; that setup will work if configured properly (Apple  
has a guide to doing this for AirPort basestations, check their web  
site.)

I actually have a similar setup (actually one more box):

Internet---Mediacom Cable Modem---Wired Router (LinkSys)---WiFi  
basestation (Apple Airport) ----Laptop with built-in WiFi

I can also plug wired computers into the Wired router and access the  
Internet from them, too.  I do this with a Windows PC.

By the way, "Wireless modem" should be "WiFi Basestation".  It's not  
a modem, although my Airport WiFi Basestation does ALSO have a modem  
in it so that it can dial out to connect to dialup internet if you  
don't have broadband or you can connect into your home network from  
the road via PPP too.  Apple had dropped the modem from their latest  
Airport basestation(s), unfortunately.

  - Bill


On Jul 5, 2007, at 4:42 PM, kristau wrote:

> On 7/5/07, AB <anastasia_prittee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> i troubleshooted it and figured it out.
>>
>> Perhaps this seems like an elementary question, but I have a  
>> wireless modem connected to a wired
>> router. if a laptop has wi-fi capabilities can it utilize the  
>> wireless from the modem or is the
>> router going to act as a blockade since it is not a wireless router?
>
>
> Here's some ASCII art of what I think you are describing:
>
> Internet---Wired Router---Wireless Modem - - -Laptop
>
> Correct my diagram, if wrong.
>
> In answer to your question, it depends on how the Wireless Modem is
> configured. You should be able to access the Internet from the laptop
> wirelessly with this setup once everything is configured correctly.
> If the Wireless Modem has a setting to make it act like a standard
> Wireless Access Point (or WAP), then that's what you want.
>
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