making a SB3 wireless

[Harani]

Is it possible to take a non wireless squeezebox 3 and make it wirless by plugging in a 54Mb mini PCI wifi card ?

[fathom39]

Just buy a new SB3 and sell your old one. Slim Devices does not offer wired-only any more so you might get a nice price for your old one on eBay, etc. There was a thread earlier this week from someone looking for a wired-only.

[Harani]

By that same thinking it would be very cheap to buy a non wireless SB3 2nd hand. So i still wanna know if it's possible to make one wireless by plugging a mini-PCI card in (which can be bought VERY cheaply)

[adamslim]

By that same thinking it would be very cheap to buy a non wireless SB3 2nd hand. So i still wanna know if it's possible to make one wireless by plugging a mini-PCI card in (which can be bought VERY cheaply)

Where were you looking to insert said product?

[jonheal]

Or get a Wireless Access Point.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124012

[peterw]

To make a wired wireless, you wouldn't use an Access Point, but a bridge.

This may be a good option, currently $41 (USD) plus shipping:
Buffalo's hardware: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162173
with DD-WRT http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Installation#Buffalo_WHR-G54S.2C_WHR-HP-G54.2C_WZR-HP-G54.2C_and_WZR-RS-G54
DD-WRT allows 802.11 access points to act as APs, bridges, or extenders and adds a lot more controls than stock firmware, but with a regular web admin interface: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#Features

I haven't really put a Squeezebox behind a DD-WRT bridge, but my Slimserver server machine sits behind a Linksys AP acting as a bridge thanks to DD-WRT, and it works fine.

Downsides beyond the physical size include the fact that the Buffalo hardware by itself may use more power than a wireless SB (my SB2 uses 4-6 watts while my Linksys bridge uses 7-8 watts).

-Peter

[jonheal]

To make a wired wireless, you wouldn't use an Access Point, but a bridge.

This may be a good option, currently $41 (USD) plus shipping:
Buffalo's hardware: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162173
with DD-WRT http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Installation#Buffalo_WHR-G54S.2C_WHR-HP-G54.2C_WZR-HP-G54.2C_and_WZR-RS-G54
DD-WRT allows 802.11 access points to act as APs, bridges, or extenders and adds a lot more controls than stock firmware, but with a regular web admin interface: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#Features

I haven't really put a Squeezebox behind a DD-WRT bridge, but my Slimserver server machine sits behind a Linksys AP acting as a bridge thanks to DD-WRT, and it works fine.

Downsides beyond the physical size include the fact that the Buffalo hardware by itself may use more power than a wireless SB (my SB2 uses 4-6 watts while my Linksys bridge uses 7-8 watts).

-Peter

I forgot how I configured my own setup! I actually have two WAP54Gs, and one of them is working in bridge mode.