[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Connect desktop to wireless using a hub?

[Neil Aggarwal]

Hello:

Since a wireless hub connects an ethernet on one side to
a wireless network on the other, is it possible to 
connect a desktop machine to a hub to enable it to
get onto the wireless network?

Here is a diagram

Desktop Machine 
	|
Ethernet cable
	|
Wireless Hub

 ~~~~~~ Wireless Network ~~~~

Wireless Router 
	|
Ethernet cable
	|
Cable Modem
	|
Internet

I tried it and I can't seem to make it work.

Is this possible?

If not, why not since it seems to me the hub is just a relay
between an ethernet connection and the wireless.  I can
initiate a connection both ways in the "traditional" setup.

Thanks,
	Neil

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