Solve : Wireless Routers and wifi??

1.	Solve : Wireless Routers and wifi??
Answer» I tried searching for the answer but I do not believe it was listed. So.. Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to use a wireless router as if it was an adapter to connect to a another wifi signal? If not, what is the difference between a router and an adapter? Is it basically just that one broadcasts and one receives signals? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Oh yes, I am using Windows XP (fully updated) on a Dell Dimension 4300 with 512MB of RAM and a 40G hard drive. The router is a Netgear.. The big silver one with a black stand and a large black antenna. (sorry I do not know the serial or model NUMBER) I HOPE someone KNOWS which one I am referring to. The WiFi connect is EITHER a Dlink or Linksys. Thank you again.Yes you can. google Network Bridging http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_bridge In order to use network bridging you will either need to connect to the router with a wired connection or wirelessly; the latter would of course kind of defeat the purpose in this case Thank you both very much.. Well I was hoping to pick up a WiFi signal with a wireless router because I do not have the internet. Quote from: Lucky13 on December 28, 2009, 03:51:31 PM Well I was hoping to pick up a WiFi signal with a wireless router because I do not have the internet. This is, of course, an improper usage of someone else's Internet access unless you actually have PERMISSION from them. If you are able to do this without them knowing because they are using no security/encryption on their Internet access and they discover that someone is leaching on their account and they decide to enable WPA or WEP encryption, you will no longer be able to access the Internet via their account.

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I tried searching for the answer but I do not believe it was listed. So.. Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to use a wireless router as if it was an adapter to connect to a another wifi signal? If not, what is the difference between a router and an adapter? Is it basically just that one broadcasts and one receives signals? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Oh yes, I am using Windows XP (fully updated) on a Dell Dimension 4300 with 512MB of RAM and a 40G hard drive. The router is a Netgear.. The big silver one with a black stand and a large black antenna. (sorry I do not know the serial or model NUMBER) I HOPE someone KNOWS which one I am referring to. The WiFi connect is EITHER a Dlink or Linksys. Thank you again.Yes you can.

google Network Bridging

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_bridge

In order to use network bridging you will either need to connect to the router with a wired connection or wirelessly; the latter would of course kind of defeat the purpose in this case Thank you both very much.. Well I was hoping to pick up a WiFi signal with a wireless router because I do not have the internet. Quote from: Lucky13 on December 28, 2009, 03:51:31 PM

Well I was hoping to pick up a WiFi signal with a wireless router because I do not have the internet.

This is, of course, an improper usage of someone else's Internet access unless you actually have PERMISSION from them. If you are able to do this without them knowing because they are using no security/encryption on their Internet access and they discover that someone is leaching on their account and they decide to enable WPA or WEP encryption, you will no longer be able to access the Internet via their account.

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