All,
I would like to add my NeXTStation to my home wireless network. Basically I am looking for something simple that merely converts the wireless signal to ethernet so the NeXTStation shows up on the same network as a wireless device. Has anyone done anything similar? What make/models are known to work?
I could run a long LAN cable, but that would not be as nice of a solution because my NeXTStation is in a different room than my router.
Thanks,
Brian Moore
I used to connect my HP 712 running NS 3.3 to my WLAN using a Netgear ME101 Ethernet-to-Wireless Bridge (now an obsolete model). It only supports the "b" standard and encryption is confined to WEP (no WPA).
I recently switched to PowerLAN.
I think, the main question to answer is, whether the bridge works with your access point. Everything else should work with your NeXTstation.
The network connection working should be unrelated to what kind of hardware you use - just so long as it supports your wireless protocol. Just remember that NS/OS doesn't have native support for getting network info from DHCP, so some tinkering is required.
I don't have a wired connection to my work room, so I use a run-of-the-mill Linksys WRT54G (flashed with DD-WRT firmware) as a wireless bridge. My stations/cube attach to one of the four ports in the bridge. DHCP works transparently.
Quote from: "pitz"I don't have a wired connection to my work room, so I use a run-of-the-mill Linksys WRT54G (flashed with DD-WRT firmware) as a wireless bridge. My stations/cube attach to one of the four ports in the bridge. DHCP works transparently.
I do this too, work great. Same setup and reflashed software.
I'm using a similar setup with an SMC SMCWEBT-G Wireless Ethernet Bridge (
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&cid=5&scid=31&localeCode=EN%5FUSA&pid=1474). Configurable through a web interface, then forget about it.
An Apple Airport Express (configured as part of a WDS, with another Apple Airport base station the master) works perfectly. The main base station distributes IP addresses in some range (e.g. 2..200), with addresses outside this range manually configurable, so you can use manually configured IP addresses on your NeXT without using DHCP. I assume non-Apple hardware works similarly.