Can I use a Linksys WGA54G with a PC?

10 Jul 2006 12:57 PM

Matt Graham

I'm considering buying this product:

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826619&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

While I may use it to connect my xbox to my wireless network, I'm more
likely to use it to connect one of my PC's to my wireless network.
Does anything think this will work? The website says it's for xbox,
ps2 and gamecube, but I don't see why my PC would act any differently.
It will just give my PC an IP from the router, wouldn't it?

I can't find any comments from anyone who has tried it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Matt G
Annapolis, MD

10 Jul 2006 3:04 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
It can use with any Ethernet device that can go Wireless.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Matt Graham" <ger***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm considering buying this product:
>
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826619&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
>
> While I may use it to connect my xbox to my wireless network, I'm more
> likely to use it to connect one of my PC's to my wireless network.
> Does anything think this will work? The website says it's for xbox,
> ps2 and gamecube, but I don't see why my PC would act any differently.
> It will just give my PC an IP from the router, wouldn't it?
>
> I can't find any comments from anyone who has tried it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt G
> Annapolis, MD
>

11 Jul 2006 1:01 PM

mdg

Mine is coming in the mail today. I'll give it a try and post some
comments.

Matt

Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
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> Hi
> It can use with any Ethernet device that can go Wireless.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Matt Graham" wrote in message
> > I'm considering buying this product:
> >
> > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826619&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
> >
> > While I may use it to connect my xbox to my wireless network, I'm more
> > likely to use it to connect one of my PC's to my wireless network.
> > Does anything think this will work? The website says it's for xbox,
> > ps2 and gamecube, but I don't see why my PC would act any differently.
> > It will just give my PC an IP from the router, wouldn't it?

> >

14 Jul 2006 4:27 PM

GGinNJ

yes. It works great.

First you have to hookup the WGA to your ethernet to
initialize it. You can set it's IP, login name, password, then set the
wireless
SSID, channel and network key (if used). If your PC is not hooked to a
DHCP server currently, you will need to manually set the IP address of the
PC's ethenet port to the same subnet as the WGA. If you don't do this step,
you won't be able to talk to the WGA to initialize it.

Once it's set, you power cycle the WGA, then change the configuratoin of
your PC's NIC for DHCP, and enable the NIC, the WGA will now forward
on anything it's sees.

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"Matt Graham" wrote:

> I'm considering buying this product:
>
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826619&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
>
> While I may use it to connect my xbox to my wireless network, I'm more
> likely to use it to connect one of my PC's to my wireless network.
> Does anything think this will work? The website says it's for xbox,
> ps2 and gamecube, but I don't see why my PC would act any differently.
> It will just give my PC an IP from the router, wouldn't it?
>
> I can't find any comments from anyone who has tried it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt G
> Annapolis, MD
>
>