[KLUG Members] Wireless network question.

[Bruce Smith]

At work we need to hook up a couple X-terminals to our network
in a location it is not a good idea to run copper (trust me -
long story).  So I figured the options are fiber or wireless,
the later being cheaper.

Because these are X-terminals (and a jetdirect printer), I 
cannot buy a wireless network card, nor a wireless PCMCIA card.  
I want to know if I can use two access points???

Would it work to buy two Linksys 802.11b access points (each with 
a builtin 4 port switch) and put one on the main network and one
by the terminals?  (they are close to each other and in range)

I do NOT want to create a whole new subnet for this, but I 
simply want to extend our current private class B network.

Any problems with this setup?  I haven't used wireless at all.

BTW, I'm aware of the security problems of wireless, and will 
deal with that, I only need to know what hardware I need.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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