I have the SMC 7004 VWBR access point which will take an external modem. Its works, but wasn't very convenient because an XP box on my network was chatty enough that it always kept the link from going down so I'd have to log into the admin screen to bring the connection up/down . Also, for some reason I rarely got better than 3.5Kbps out of the connection. I ended up moving the modem over to my linux server which got the throughput up to the 5Kbps range. I still have to manually initiate the connection, but kppp is nicer to use than the SMC admin screen. It also lets me choose between using my Visi and U of M accounts while the SMC had to be locked to a single dial-up number and account. But if your friend only has a single machine he should be fine, and if that machine is running linux, he should be able to use the demand dialing feature on the ap to automatically bring up the link to the isp. --rick Scott Raun wrote: >OK, I _thought_ I'd seen reference to this before - and now I can't >find it. > >Anyone know of a device that's a modem on one side and a wireless >access point on the other? Thought I'd seen one, but now I can't find >it. > >I've got a friend who has one computer, a laptop, that DOESN'T want to >string wire all over the place. Doesn't have any high-speed access, >no desire to get it - just wants a way to connect to the phone lines >and dial in. > >Suggestions? > > >