adding wireless to prexisting wired router

[drsangha]

I already own an SMC barricade wired router and have 3 computers hooked up to it that work fine. I want to add a wireless connection from my laptop to the wired lan. Can I just buy an access point and wire it to the 4th (open) port on my router. If this works will it then allow me to share internet across all 4 computer and share file between the computers.

Also can I buy just any WiFi pc card (802.11b) from one manufactuer and the access point from another one and will they work.

 

[sbolinger2]

Here's a <A HREF="http://www.linksys.com/products/display.asp?conmap=051BEFSR41v2CMdiarev_NC.jpg&prid=20&scid=29" target="_new">link</A> to a good layout option page that may help ya. What you are saying should work though.

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