This might help: http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html
I don't think you can get the park router's MAC address without asking
directly, but I don't think you'll need it with all setups.
- Les
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, David <daveyjo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Well, here's an update. I was finally able to tie my two W7 laptops
> together with a crossover cable so they talk to each other. I have tried
> and untried all kinds of things but finally got it to work. Then I
> connected to the web via my Verizon Americas' Choice plan and Casio
> Cellphone, and shared my internet connection on the Verizon network
> connection. I could see computer 1 from computer 2 and vis-versa, and both
> could access the internet. Then I logged on to my extra DSL wireless modem
> that was not connected to DSL but to my printer, and was able to use my
> printer wirelessly. So I can do everything I want to do. The only thing
> better would be if I could do this without a crossover cable (i.e.,
> wirelessly).
>
> Since my router is password protected, I am presuming this network is
> secure. Anyone disagree?
>
> I checked out Cradlepoint routers and the chat line person said he didn't
> think they would work with my Casio cell phone.
>
> I did notice on my router that it has a "repeater" option for WIFI, but I
> have to enter the WIFI source MAC address to use it. Is there a way I could
> get it over the air? How can I get the MAC address of an RV park's wireless
> router so I could plug it in and use the repeater function? If I did get
> and use it, would my wireless router still be secure?
>
> Dave Rudisell, it is interesting that my cell phone has to operate in USB
> modem mode before VZAM can find it. But that still doesn't make it a modem,
> does it?
>
> Thanks for tolerating all the "sort of off topic" questions I have posted
> in this Internet By Cell Phone forum, and thanks for all the advice.
>
> Dave J
>
>
> --- In InternetByCellPhone@yahoogroups.com, "David E. Damouth" <damouth@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Use Internet Connection sharing (built into Windows). See
> > <
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing
> >
> >
> > For connecting another single computer, the crossover cable should
> > work. For connecting more than more than one additional Ethernet
> > device (e. g. printer and laptop), you'll also need an Ethernet Hub or
> > Switch (for your purposes, the two are identical). A 5-port switch is
> > under $30. A hub is a few bucks cheaper.
> >
> > Or if your printer has a USB port in addition to the Ethernet
> > connection, just connect it via USB to one of the laptops and use the
> > Printer Sharing feature of Windows to make it accessible to the other
> > laptop over your ad hoc network.
> >
> > Or if both laptops have WiFi or Bluetooth, you might be able to
> > configure them to talk to each other that way instead of via the
> > crossover cable, then using the crossover cable for the printer to
> > either of the laptops (and hence to the other one via printer sharing).
> >
> > On 12/10/2011 4:18 PM, David wrote:
> > > I suppose I could still use a router to create a network in the MH and
> tie the 2 laptops and the printer together. However, that router wouldn't
> be connected to the net. I can connect one laptop to the net through my
> Casio cellphone, but I don't know how to make the other cellphone and the
> new printer/fax access the net through the laptop connected to the cell
> phone.
> >
> > --
> >
> > //Dave/
> >
> > www.damouth.org
> >
>
>
>
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