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    Filed at 3:36 pm under by dcobranchi

    I need to hook a PS/2 to a network connection. Our home network comes in through a cable modem and then is WiFi’d to the rest of the house. The PS/2 network adapter has a 10/100 connector for input. There is a normal cable (television) connection on the TV that has the PS/2. Does anyone have any suggestions how I might be able to use the WiFi network to hook it up?

    5 Responses to “GEEK HELP?”


    Comment by
    Ron
    October 22nd, 2005
    at 5:16 pm

    I’m not necessarily recommending the manufacturer since you should probably use something from the same company if you can. But this is the type of product you are looking for:

    dlink....pid=21


    Comment by
    Daryl
    October 22nd, 2005
    at 5:24 pm

    That’s EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks.


    Comment by
    Ken
    October 23rd, 2005
    at 12:58 am

    I’ve had tremendously bad luck with multiple dlink purchass. One of the dlink support folks even told me, concerning one of their wireless network cards that I bought, “dude, ” he used “dude” a lot, “that card’s not really any good man; I’d really take it back if I was you.” [ok, it’s from memory, so the quote probably isn’t exact, but it’s awfully close] Your mileage my vary, but I caution my friends and family to avoid dlink.

    Linksys and a few others make similar products. I own a linksys (and am not affiliated with them in any way) and have had good luck with it putting my ReplayTV on the wireless network in my home, once I realized that it was on the same wireless channel as my cordless phone and resolved the conflict.


    Comment by
    COD
    October 23rd, 2005
    at 3:17 pm

    FWIW, I have had no problems with the DLink wireless router currently running my network. It requires a reboot far less often than the Speedstream router that it replaced.


    Comment by
    Ron
    October 23rd, 2005
    at 7:59 pm

    I meant above that you should use the same manufacturer as you already have in the hub. I’m currently using a dlink wireless hub and 2 dlink wireless cards (one under linux). Prior to that I had a dlink 10 Base T hub and 2 ISA cards and they all worked fine.