can you mix and match routing components?

[phatboi]

hey, i guess this is a stupid question but i've always wondered if you can mix and match components like you do with you computer. i want to go wireless internet within my house b/c my little brother downstairs want's to get online to with his computer. i have cable. i have a Linksys 4 port cable/dsl router in my room, routed to my sister's room with a 25ft Cat5 cable. yeah, it's pretty ghetto but doesn't bother me. i can't fish a wire to my little brother's room so i want to go wireless. problem is the price of access points and wireless adapters. linksys one's are pretty expensive. i've found some cheap, d-link, belkin, and netgear ones. i'm wondering if i can hook up a d-link or any other namebrand access point to my linksys router and then use a wireless network adapter in my brothers computer and still have it all work? is it possible? thanks.

[wedor]

Yes.

[shecky981]

yes, so long as they are all running the same protocol, which, in this case for wireless is 802.11b, also known as Wi-Fi, not 802.11a which is a different protocol, and not compatible. I would not worry too much, 99% of what you see in stores today is the "b" standard, not the "a"

[phatboi]

thanks, i may go get a netgear or d-link access point now. and some of their wireless pci cards.