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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
What do you mean a wireless access point? I have a 2wire modem/router/firewall that I got from SBC. My computer is hooked to it through the ethernet port, and works fine.
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I mean that critter. That modem/router/firewall may or may not support wireless connections. Your wife's computer can communicate wirelessly... that's great. What you need is something on the other end that can receive that. That critter may or may not be the thing that can do it.
Try this:
First, if you can, post the make and model of the critter. I (or someone else) can look it up and tell you if it supports wireless or not.
Second, and especially if you can't do the first: does it have a couple of antennas sticking out of the back? If it does, then it probably supports wireless, and all you have to do is to configure. If it doesn't, the odds have dropped faster than a football in a Detroit Lions receiver's hands. (I'd say Bears, just for you, but the Lions are worse...)
If it doesn't, you'll have to get a wireless access point (WAP). Based on your statement that it's a two port critter, you may need to get one that's a router as well. They're not expensive ($40-$70, depending), and they're pretty easy to set up.
Let's see where we get to after that.