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bubbatex · 08-01-2009, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by UpTheIrons

I was considering a wireless network with an iPhone 3Gs, my PC and a Linksys WRT54G2; with the cable modem wired into the Internet port of the router and Ethernet from the router to my PC. Does the iPhone need a special access point to be networked with the PC and Linksys router?

Sorry, I'm a newbie to all of this and will be a new iPhone 3Gs owner in a couple months.

Depends on how you have the router set up. If you have no security set up on the router, the iPhone should find it and connect right away. I have a WRT54G with one PC on Ethernet and 3 laptops, 2 Touch's, 2 iPhone's and a Wii connected wirelessly with WAP-TKIP and MAC filtering security. This means that even if you have my 26 digit security code, the MAC filter will not let you in unless your MAC address is on the router's approved connection list.

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bubbatex Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Originally Posted by UpTheIrons I was considering a wireless network with an iPhone 3Gs, my PC and a Linksys WRT54G2; with the cable modem wired into the Internet port of the router and Ethernet from the router to my PC. Does the iPhone need a special access point to be networked with the PC and Linksys router? Sorry, I'm a newbie to all of this and will be a new iPhone 3Gs owner in a couple months. Depends on how you have the router set up. If you have no security set up on the router, the iPhone should find it and connect right away. I have a WRT54G with one PC on Ethernet and 3 laptops, 2 Touch's, 2 iPhone's and a Wii connected wirelessly with WAP-TKIP and MAC filtering security. This means that even if you have my 26 digit security code, the MAC filter will not let you in unless your MAC address is on the router's approved connection list. Last edited by bubbatex; 08-01-2009 at 12:59 AM..