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About to network... help
I'm looking to network two PCs I have at home wirelessly. I've read up a
fair bit on home networking and I'm still fairly confused, especially with the product descriptions. What I want from my home network is to be able to share my Broadband connection and share files. The PCs are situated, one on the ground floor the other on the floor above. At the moment I connect to broadband via my USB speedtouch modem I received with my ISP. I'm assuming I need a router/switch combo with a modem. Is this correct? I also need 1 wireless network card. (I already have 1 network card (non wireless) OK so far... but the product descriptions are my main problem. I can't tell exactly what is included. For example is 'Linksys Wireless-G 54mbps Broadband Router' all I need besides the network cards to start networking with an always on internet connection? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...hvd3N1YmNhdGVn b3J5X3BhZ2U=&subcat_uid=477 Are there any products you would recommend for my needs? thank you Oz |
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:32:35 +0000, Oz wrote:
I'm looking to network two PCs I have at home wirelessly. I've read up a fair bit on home networking and I'm still fairly confused, especially with the product descriptions. What I want from my home network is to be able to share my Broadband connection and share files. The PCs are situated, one on the ground floor the other on the floor above. At the moment I connect to broadband via my USB speedtouch modem I received with my ISP. I'm assuming I need a router/switch combo with a modem. Is this correct? I also need 1 wireless network card. (I already have 1 network card (non wireless) OK so far... but the product descriptions are my main problem. I can't tell exactly what is included. For example is 'Linksys Wireless-G 54mbps Broadband Router' all I need besides the network cards to start networking with an always on internet connection? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...hvd3N1YmNhdGVn b3J5X3BhZ2U=&subcat_uid=477 Are there any products you would recommend for my needs? thank you Oz Im no expert but there are generally the older "b" type and the newer "G" type which you mention above. Theres a lot of deals on the b type and once in a while on the g. Im not sure how compatible they all are if you get different types for router and card - g or b and brands. Ive read people whove used different types and had no problems and others who claim they had a few. Among the brands there is a fair amount of bashing of belkin and some other lower cost brands but in general if I can figure out how to fix a few quirks they work alright. Ive seen several posts where they claimed they switched from belkin to linksys and their problems went away but Ive seen others who also had problems with linksys etc and other brands , similar problems. Theyve fixed them by updating drivers etc. I havent compared them side by side but if you want to play it safe get a linksys g router and a g card. If you see a good deal on a b or belkin get it at a place you can return it easily like COMPUSa etc |
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