# Adding wireless to existing Ethernet home network; also, router NAT & firewalls

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-wireless-to-existing-ethernet-home-network-also-router-nat-firewalls/565425>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-wireless-to-existing-ethernet-home-network-also-router-nat-firewalls/565425 "2010-12-26T14:58:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![caffeind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@caffeind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caffeind)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-wireless-to-existing-ethernet-home-network-also-router-nat-firewalls/565425/21 "2011-07-15T00:34:53Z")

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**A day or two later…**

Oh, the pain… the pain…

It works; I have wi-fi access to my otherwise thoroughly copper ethernet LAN.

But O what an ordeal. Nice to know that I’m very not alone, and there are resources like this to turn to (if you can find them!)

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