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Thorn · 06-12-2002

Lew,
If you're asking if there is a way to directly connect a 802.11b device to a serial port on a PC, then I don't think it is possible. I've never seen such a device. You might possibly put a WiFi USB device on a USB serial converter, but that is just a guess. I'd suspect that getting the devices to talk the correct protocols out to the serial port might be a nightmare.

On the other hand, if you are looking to have some sort of bridge between a wireless network and a serial network or some other serial-only device, you might want to think about throwing a WiFi device a 386 with Linux (or even DOS) on it to do the job. Or a single board computer, might do the trick, too.

06-12-2002	#2 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,430	Lew, If you're asking if there is a way to directly connect a 802.11b device to a serial port on a PC, then I don't think it is possible. I've never seen such a device. You might possibly put a WiFi USB device on a USB serial converter, but that is just a guess. I'd suspect that getting the devices to talk the correct protocols out to the serial port might be a nightmare. On the other hand, if you are looking to have some sort of bridge between a wireless network and a serial network or some other serial-only device, you might want to think about throwing a WiFi device a 386 with Linux (or even DOS) on it to do the job. Or a single board computer, might do the trick, too. __________________ Thorn "Read Altas Shrugged. Compare it to today. Repeat as necessary"