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Is there a wireless device that will make another device think its connected to a regular wired connection?
I have 3 pieces of equipment that are expecting to be hard wired to a switch. The equipment runs linux but its all proprietary so they don't give the installers direct access to the OS or the option for a traditional wireless connection. I have an installation coming up where it will be impractical to run a network wire between these three pieces of equipment. Was thinking there has to be some sort of wireless solution that could be pre configured with another PC so that when connected to the regular network port would appear to that equipment like it was hard wired. This network does not have any special security concerns and can be permanent. If other connections are needed into that network they can be handled with more typical wired or wireless connections.
Hopefully someone will know if these exist and what they are called. Specific brands and or model numbers may be helpful if you know them.
An AP is access point? So I could have a wireless router at my central location. Each of these 3 machines then have another router that can be set as an AP? This then makes these routers act like a typical wireless card?
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- Larry ALv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
I use this device http://www.tp-link.us/products/details/?model=TL-W...
What you do is assign your desktop (or laptop) a 192.168.0 IP address then connect to the TL-WR702N to your NIC.
Then open up your browser to 192.168.0.254 and configure your system for bridged mode and give your WPA/WEP network creds.
Then remove from your desktop and plug in your Linux device (mine is a Raspberry Pi) then your Linux will be on your network with a whatever IP address you assigned it (not just 192.168.0.x) you can access it directly from other machines on your network, no NAT or port forwarding.
The device is small, smaller than my mouse, so you could probably use two sided tape to attach it your device. The cost about $25USD
The MAC it sees though is the wireless device, not your NIC..
Source(s): I use em, have several Linux embedded devices that are not wireless that I need wired. - NeerpLv 78 years ago
A network connection is a network connection, and a mounted drive is a mounted drive, and most applications don't know nor care if it is wired or wireless. If your application specifically checks for this, then maybe get a wireless router, run a network cable from wireless router to your box, and configure wireless router to be an AP on your wireless network. I do this and it works great and also extends your wireless network range. I use a set of Linksys WRT54Gs with Tomato firmware. Done this for years, works good.
- lauerLv 45 years ago
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