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One wireless, one Ethernet, can I use both?

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by mydesktopworks

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Hello,

I have a PC with wireless connection to the Internet (PCI wireless card). Is it somehow possible to use the Ethernet port (NIC) to PROVIDE network access to a device? (such as a D-Link internet camera with ethernet connection).

Thanks for your help!

Johnathon

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by peconet tietokoneet

It should work.
Connect it up if you have it and find out. If you have seen it, get more info on it so that you can get the proper gear to set it up with.

by mydesktopworks

Yes, of course I have the software to the camera. Connected directly to a router it works great.

What I'm trying to do is connect it to the NIC Ethernet connector on a PC that is getting it's network connection from a PCI wireless card.

Make sense?

Johnathon

by john tharp

But you can't just take a normal "straight thru" network cable and plug two ethernet NIC's together and have them communicate. If this is what your trying to do with your camera NIC and PC NIC, you'll have to use an ethernet "cross-over" cable.

by peconet tietokoneet

What you are trying here is to get the computer to access both ports at the same time, of which will be hard to achieve unless through a switch of which you have done already. If it is working through your router is that not enough?
At least you can still record when the computer is down for some reason, or have the data routed to another computer on the network.

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