Connecting wireless internet to my wired lan?

[CU]

I leave in an appartment complex that is about get wireless internet access for $33/month. If I decide to go with this instead of DSL I need away to connect my computers to this wireless access. I don't want to buy any wireless network cards. I want a wireless router that can access the wireless internet and allow my 10T/100T computers to connect to the router and share the internet. Allowing wireless computers to connect to the router and use the internet access from it would also be a very big plus. The reason for having my on lan is because I like it, and I don't know if the $33 is per computer or per appartment. I leave in a appartment near collage that is designed to be rented to 4 people, however my wife and I rent the whole place while we finish up collage. So, it very well may be $33 per computer. Also if I can set this up would my wired/wireless network interfere with the wireless internet access? What about wireless hacking? So, to sum it up. What router will do this, and how do I set it up? Thanks.

 

[heartsurgeon]

I leave in a appartment near collage

english major, eh?

 

[JackMDS]

At the Entry level Hardware there is no Cable/DSL Router that can be configured as a Client, as a result none of the routers can talk to the Internet Distribution WAP. In addition, the WAP is on the switch side, and Routing is done only on the signal that comes through the WAN.

If you are looking for an inexpensive solution, you have to install a Wireless Client on one computer with two NICs and use ICS to share.

 

[CU]

English major, ha, that is funny. Actually I am getting my master's in CPSC, and I suck at english. If only it had a "C/C++" syntax maybe then I could write/spell better. Anyway back to the main subject. So, at the entry level it does not exisit. How much does a non-entry level one cost ? Just curious. I had considered building a linux box with a wireless NIC and a 10T/100T NIC and running a firewall and ICS on it. Then running the cable to a hub that would branch to my other computers. I just liked the idea and simplicity of using a router with a built in firewall.

 

[sml]

Get a cheap machine from ebay or a local thrift store or something, Pentium 75 style. Then through LRP or ClosedBSD or something like that on it; set it up to forward packets, NAT, and you're done. Note you may need to tweak some port settings for complex multi-port connection protocols [games mainly] as well as allow some strange UDP ranges in [games again] heh.

 

[kursplat]

sure you want to go wireless with all your nieghbors also on the same wireless system?
let us know what you do for firewalls.