Plug and play wireless?

[live&learn]

Hey All,

I will be visiting family in Europe for the holidays. All they have is a desktop connected directly to a DSL/Cable modem.

Would it be possible for me to simply plug in an access point so I can use my laptop? I am only there for a couple of weeks and prefer to just “plug-and-play.”

Or will I have to connect a wireless router and do the whole set up/configuration thing?

Thanks in advance

 

[computerhakk]

Well, if you have a hub, the easiest way is to take that and wire your connections to the hub. If not, you might need a wireless router which broadcasts the signal so that the access points can receive the signal. And if you do have a wireless router, since it's just them and you, you can just set it to automatic detect without manually configuring the router up, with exception to the encryption of course.

 

[tlarkin]

As long as:

1) You can configure the AP to their network
2) You can sufficently power the AP
3) Do not have tons of interference


You have to have something acting as a DHCP server for the AP to properly work, so you may just want to plug it in when you want to use it.