Adding Wireless to Cable Connection

[Aharon Schkolnik]

Hi.

I am currently connected to the Internet via a HOT cable connection using 
the modem supplied by them and a single ethernet connection to my PC. I 
bring up the connection using a script which uses pptp. The PC also boots 
XP which connects using whatever program HOT supplied.

I now need to ADD a wireless connection in addition to the fixed ethernet 
connection (for a laptop). For my taste, the "right" thing to do is to 
attach a wireless access point to the HOT modem. Since the modem has only a 
single ethernet connection, the access point would have to include an 
ethernet connection for the PC in addition to the ethernet connection to 
the HOT modem. The only problem with this solution is the cost - an  ACCESS 
POINT D-LINK DAP-1160 costs over 300 NIS. 

My question is: should I consider buying a modem with 
cable+wireless+ethernet and using it instead of the HOT modem ? Will I save 
significant money ? Will I have trouble if I need support from HOT ? What 
modems work with HOT ? Are there problems setting them up to work to 
support Linux and XP ? 


TIA.

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