Can you connect a non wireless ethernet card to a wireless router to get a wireless connection?

Question

I have a wireless modem router in my living room. This replaced my old ADSL (non wireless) modem and a seperate wireless router.

Upstairs I have a computer with a non-wireless ethernet port.

Can I plug my old wireless router into the ethernet port on my upstairs computer to give it a wireless connection? This would be intead of the alternative of buying a new wireless network card.

I would like to use the router as I could then connect up a PS2 to my internet connection.

Answer 1

No. Your old wireless router broadcasts a wireless signal, it doesn't "receive" wireless broadcasts. You'll have to get a wireless NIC. (You could get a wireless access point, and then plug your computer into it, but that would be more expensive and more cumbersome than just using the wireless NIC).

Answer 2

I see what your trying to do, but the two wireless routers will not talk to each other. Only dedicated Access Point's can do this and it's called "Bridging".

www.ebuyer.co.uk for cheap wireless cards. Linksys do a wireless bridge you could connect to your PS2.

Paul

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can connect it this way (assuming your router has a port for the cable to go into) - although this wouldn't be a wireless connection since you'd be using wires!

Answer 5

no, you cannot.