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Dumb question
I have a dumb question.
Is there a way to connect a serial device to a Wi-Fi network? Could a USB Wi-Fi transceiver be used? What protocol should I expect to see between the USB transceiver and the PC? Thanks, Lew |
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Did you do the math?
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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.
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Re: dumb question
Isnt that what the serialynx box does?
SeriaLynx is a communication device which provides an interface between Serial Data communication devices and Ethernet networks. A SeriaLynx unit can communicate over Ethernet using standard 10baseT or 802.11b wireless networking. I was just reading about them the other day at http://www.serialynx.com/ but havent had cause to actual test it. - mal |
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Did you do the math?
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Re: Re: dumb question
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Convert Serial/Ether direct to WIFI
Orinoco offers this straight up... after all, if they can make wifi use USB then serial isnt gonna be an issue. Slow, but not an issue....
Looks like a box with an ethernet and serial ports with a pcmcia slot for the wifi card... http://www.orinocowireless.com/templ...25&envelope=93 Truth be told, at $289.00 it might be cheaper to get and old 486/Pentium and setup linux to route between the serial/wifi and 'Roll your own'... but then agan this is orinoco, I am sure someone else makes one cheaper.... hmmm... Symbol CB-1000 Client Bridge, $369 - not any better then the lynx and a provantage system... both way more $$$ I am sure they are out there... cheaper...
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No PC involved
I actually don't want a PC in the solution.
The serial port I want to hook the wi-fi to is on a small Java programmable device. I wanted to write a Java app to do basic communications with the wi-fi. The solution needs to be very portable. Thanks to everyone for the replys. |
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