Need to add a wired card to a wireless network

[JeriRat]

I have a sewing machine that actually runs on Windows CE. There is a wired ethernet card availble. This would allow me to access their online site for additional designs. It's the only way to access this site.

I have a wireless network on the main level. The sewing machine with ethernet card is on a lower level. Would a wireless access point allow me to get into the wireless network? I'm thinking that an access point that can act as a client would work. I'm looking at this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833180021)
It's cheap and looks like it might work.

Any thoughts?

[classicsoftware]

There is no router that I am aware of that does not have a hard wired Ethernet port. You need either:


An electrician to run the wire in the wall with an outlet at the sewing machine and an outlet by the router and two short CAT-5e patch cables to connect o the sewing machine and the router.
A really long patch cable to connect the router to the sewing machine.
Move the sewing machine next to the router and use a short patch cable to connect to the router when you need to update you patterns.

[mjc]

What model sewing machine...it may be easier to see if the wired NIC can be exchanged for a wireless one. Or if there is a USB port on it...or something.

[JeriRat]

They don't make a wireless card or rather they did but you had to drop network security in order for it to work. That's unacceptable so I waited and the manufacturer, Bernina, came out with a regular ethernet card. They also have a modem but I'd rather not go that option.

classicsoftware - why wouldn't hooking the cable from the lan card into an access point work? I'm a novice when it comes to networking so I don't see why it wouldn't work.