combo wireless and wired home network

[roger beever]

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 12:54, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> writes:
> 
> > All you need is a WAP (I'm using a Linksys unit, myself) and a PCMCIA 
> > wireless NIC that is compatible with Linux.  I'm using an Orinoco Gold 
> > card, but it's an "older" one, before chipsets were changed.  Check the 
> > hardware compatibility list for recommendations, first, and get one from 
> > the list.
> 
> A WAP eh?  Googling that turns up lots of confusing stuff.  Are we
> talking involving a wireless phone here:
> 
> Can you spell this out a little more please?
> 
I think he means a Wireless Access Point.
just plugs in the a port on the router and has power of course.
Roger