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Basically I have a single ethernet wall socket in my room and would like to be able to connect more than one device to it.
I have a mythbox in another room and wifi is the only practical way to get it online.
How should I go about setting this up?
Is a cheap access point what I need or could a decent router be used as an access point?
Any input welcome 
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| Having two routers is a nightmare, don't go there... What you want is an Access Point.
If you can find one with more than one ethernet port that would be handy, or just add a cheap switch (under a tenner) to avoid having to buy a wireless adapter for everything. From E-Buyer I'd go for the Plexus 5-Port 10/100 Switch £8 (quickfind code: 132456) and Plexus Wireless-G Access Point £17.50 (quickfind code: 132431) cos I know you're a skint student and my favourite Buffalo kit seems out of stock everywhere 
Dave R
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ricedg (02/10/2008)
From E-Buyer I'd go for the Plexus 5-Port 10/100 Switch £8 (quickfind code:132456)and Plexus Wireless-G Access Point £17.50 (quickfind code:132431)
That's the access point I was looking at, it's cheap and from the reviews seems to work fine.
Had thought about using a switch but since the mythbox would be out of range (farther than my longest cable), all other pc's already have wifi and this might go in someone else's room I don't know how much use it would get.
cosI know you're a skint student and my favourite Buffalo kit seems out of stock everywhere
The man understands! 
Thanks Dave!
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Road Warrior: E6600 @ 2.76Ghz, 8600GT, 2GB, 250GB
Mythbox: E2140 @ ~2.0Ghz, FX5200, 1GB, 120GB
Aspire One: Atom @ 1.6Ghz, GMA 950, 1GB, 16GB SSD
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