Wireless router work OK?

Ive been thinking of selling my current LinkSys wired
router....and getting a wireless one. And then a
laptop to use around the house.

Im curious if anyone out there is using such a
setup....and how well it is working for you?

A friend of mine does exactly that with a Netgear wireless router. He is
very happy with it but he has noticed that the connectivity speeds between
his other PCs is not as fast when they were hard-wired together. Seems to
work fine though otherwise.

J.


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Ive been thinking of selling my current LinkSys wired
router....and getting a wireless one. And then a
laptop to use around the house.

Im curious if anyone out there is using such a
setup....and how well it is working for you?

I'm using a Netgear wireless router and it works fine for sharing an
internet connection. If you swap large files often between computers, it is
a bit slow.

Since I already have a wired router..... would you
recommend just getting the "wireless access point" or
WAP as it is called? That way I can set the access
point up high or wherever I want in the house?

Or....is the all in one unit just handier as there are
less cables.... mess... etc?

I'm using a Netgear wireless router and it works fine for sharing an
internet connection. If you swap large files often between computers, it is
a bit slow.

Also.....dont all wireless routers also have ports for
traditional WIRED ethernet?

I mean..... I could hard wire my desktop to it
(wireless router)...... but use the wireless features
on a laptop or tablet PC?

Wouldn't it be cheaper, more secure and more reliable to just add
a wireless access point to your existing network?

"Sleepy" wrote in message
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I'm using a Netgear wireless router and it works fine for sharing an
internet connection. If you swap large files often between
computers, it is
a bit slow.


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Ive been thinking of selling my current LinkSys wired
router....and getting a wireless one. And then a
laptop to use around the house.

Im curious if anyone out there is using such a
setup....and how well it is working for you?

Get one that has a built in wired router as well.

OK

Any brands or models I should look at?

Wouldn't it be cheaper, more secure and more reliable to just add
a wireless access point to your existing network?

I don't know. Would it?

Or..... just as easy and maybe better to buy a whole
new wireless router box?

Um, still Linksys and Netgear - if I recall correctly they have models which
are wireless and allow hard-wired cabling connections, built in fire-wall, a
DMZ, DHCP server, and I think the netgear has a Print Manager also.

J.


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Get one that has a built in wired router as well.

OK

Any brands or models I should look at?

John...

You need to do a couple of things:

1) Decide if you really need Wireless or not? Think about the pros and cons

2) Work out how many Ports you need?

3) If you opt for Wireless do you want 802.11a, 802.11b, one than handles
both or do you want the newer 802.11g?

Go he

http://www.linksys.com/Products/prod...id=35&prid=415 -
wireless version

http://www.linksys.com/Products/prod...cid=29&prid=20 - 4 port
version

http://www.linksys.com/Products/prod...id=155&scid=29 - 8 port
version

http://www.netgear.com/products/wireless/dualband.asp - wireless

http://www.netgear.com/products/prod...odID=140&view= - 4 port
version

http://www.netgear.com/products/prod...odID=157&view= - 8 port
version

J.


"John Smith" wrote in message
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Um, still Linksys and Netgear - if I recall correctly they have models
which
are wireless and allow hard-wired cabling connections, built in fire-wall,
a
DMZ, DHCP server, and I think the netgear has a Print Manager also.

J.


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Get one that has a built in wired router as well.

OK

Any brands or models I should look at?

1) Decide if you really need Wireless or not? Think about the pros and cons

Yes... I want it

2) Work out how many Ports you need?

Hmm.... at least 4?

3) If you opt for Wireless do you want 802.11a, 802.11b, one than handles
both or do you want the newer 802.11g?

The newer 802.11g