Julie Warden <julie_warden@nospamhotmail.com> writes:
>I have an Ultra Sparc II that I want to hook up to my network, but it's
>upstairs while the network is downstairs. I don't want to run wires, so
>what I want is this: a wireless receiver with a ethernet connection - one
>that sets up through a web browser.

>Here's the question: am I looking for a wireless bridge, or wireless access
>point?


You want a Wireless Bridge. This works in conjunction with your
existing wireless access-point which is elsewhere I assume.
Some Wireless Access-points can work in bridge/extend mode, but I
wouldn't trust that any random one can without knowing for sure.

The cheap ones are frequently sold as a wireless game console adapter
(ie. so you can plug your Xbox's ethernet out into the bridge, and
have it go out to the wireless network).

Fairly simple to setup, but you'll have to visit its webpage to set
the WEP/WPA password and which SSID to attach to and whatnot.