From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 25 2003 - 10:28:15 PST
From what was talked about previously on this list,
this is not possible becuase the IP stack in the Newt
can only handle a single network card. This makes it
unsuitable to be a bridge, a router, a proxy, or a
firewall.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- arno <info_at_arnoverhoeven.ca> wrote:
> Anyone know if it is possible to turn the newton
> into a wireless
> ethernet bridge?
> Looking at the linksys WET-11 for a system that is
> in another building
> just outside where my network is located, If the
> newton can do it,
> I'd like to put it to the task.
>
> Any thoughts on software to run a wireless card and
> an ethernet card in
> the newt to serve as a bridge?
>
>
>
> arno
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