Re: wireless virgin
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, richard lyons wrote:
> I`ve seen another thread here `11g PCI Wireless recommendations` which
> probably has the info I need -- if only I understood. I have never
> even used a wifi connected laptop, so all the terminology is a bit
> strange to me.
don't worry about terminology or what to buy, everybody will try to sell
you what they are using or selling :-)
- buy whatever is on sale if $$$ is important
- buy your favorite name brand if you have had better luck with
brand xxx and can't stand the competitor's yyy products
if you want to minimize your costs:
- use cat5 cables that you already have between all your pcs
- you don't need to spend a dime, since it's all working arleady
your issues ... ( if you wanna get on the wireless headache bandwagon )
- if you keep your cable modem, you will need a separate wireless "hub"
- if you buy a new cable modem with "wireless hubb" you will be able to
throw away your current modem
- both costs about the same depending on your brand preferences
( dlink, netgear, linksys, others 2nd tier vendors )
- keep all of your existing pc behind your firewall
- if you do NOT wire up the pc at the new place, you will probably
use wireless in lieu of cat5 cables
- if you use wireless, each PC will need a pci card ( $50-$75 )
- if you use wireless, assume that your neighbor is sniffing
all of the data and can see everything you are doing
( use ssh and vpn, to try to hide some of the data )
> We are planning to move soon, and I think it would be more logical to
> install a wireless network, and avoid having to repeat the miles of
> cat5 cabling that I installed here. So I`m asking for guidance where
> to begin. We have around 3-6 computers on our ethernet (plus firewall)
> and three printers (which are currently attached to different
> computers, but could perhaps be on ethernet adapters?).
>
> Watford Electronics just sent me a promotion for a Netgear router and
> free PC card, offering the DG834G Wireless ADSL Firewall Router From
> Netgear with a WG511TGE card. I have a few weeks before I need to act,
> but looking at the spec, it sounds as though it might be the kind of
> thing I need (together with some PCI cards for the workstations). But
> I have no idea if there is a better way to start. I do have an ADSL
> router/modem already, though it is a few years old, so I guess an
> alternative is to take it to the new place and add the wireless bit
> after it. I find quite attractive the idea of an integrated firewall
> -- to save running another box.
>
> BTW, the URL for the DG834G mentioned above is this:
>
> http://www.savastore.com/products/product.asp?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10276004&pid=45&tid=240
>
> Advice? (either on hardware or beginners guides to wifi)
>
> TIA
> --
> richard
>
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