| Can I use a wireless-g broadband router as a wireless adapter to connect a computer to my home network?

Can I use a wireless-g broadband router as a wireless adapter to connect a computer to my home network?

Anukama asked:


I have a Buffalo Wireless-G 125 High Speed Router & Access point that I have been using with a Buffalo notebook adapter for awhile and am very impressed with the High Speed Mode, and wanted to connect my desktop with this as well. Sadly I’ve found that Buffalo is currently being sued and has halted shipment of all wireless products in the US. I haven’t been able to find any Buffalo High Speed PCI cards or USB adapters, but I have found many of the High Speed routers the same or similar as the one I’m currently using and was hoping to find out if I could connect one of these to my desktop to be used to access my network, instead of establishing a network. I found a Buffalo Wireless-N Nfiniti PCI card for only $35.00 but I haven’t even opened it yet because, as far as I can tell, it isn’t backwards compatible with the High Speed Mode of the Broadcom 54G chipset. I know the Buffalo wireless-g MIMO Performance products have this ability but I haven’t found an adapter for that either.
I am wanting to use a router to connect my desktop to my “wireless” network, “router” to “router” in case this isn’t obvious from my explanation. i.e: desktop>LAN>router connected wirelessly to router>DSL modem>DSL line. Thank you!

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4 Responses to “Can I use a wireless-g broadband router as a wireless adapter to connect a computer to my home network?”

  1. Jay Jay on May 7th, 2009 8:20 pm

    Of course you can.

  2. blake1164 on May 10th, 2009 3:22 am

    It will work but it will likely only run at 54Mbps due to the fact that is the limitation G and wireless N is also not fully standardized.

  3. Colinc on May 11th, 2009 6:31 pm

    No. This is not a design feature of the router. You can use any wireless card, I would try a Belkin wireless-g mimo, they do sometimes work very well with Buffalo. Any N card will also work, as they are all backward compatible. Even if your card drops back to 54Mbps, this is many times faster than any internet connection.

  4. Jag on May 12th, 2009 6:54 am

    Your best choice is to install the PCI card you have into the computer you don’t have connected now.

    All wireless n draft 1.0 or draft 2.0 products are backwards compatible with wireless IEEE 802.11g standards.