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Wireless Router/Bridge
I plan to purchase a wireless router or bridge or whatever
I don't know what a bridge is. Maybe it is a switch? I have a dsl modem. I want to directly connect the wireless router or bridge to the dsl modem. All my pcs are wireless enabled and have wireless nic cards. Do you think a wireless router or a bridge will be better? I don't really need security features of a router and I run a webserver too so I don't want to configure and forward ports on a router. I have 4 computers using a 1.5Mbps / 368 Kbps internet connection. Can anyone recomend me a good wireless bridge/router/switch? (I REALLLY Prefer a switch) Also I login using PPPOE, can the wireless switch handle that? |
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Oh by the way
For my pentium 4, can i purchase any wireless nic pci card? If i use a wireless nic pci card, will it be compatible with the wireless switch and will using a pci card use my cpu cycles? i have a p4 3ghz 800fsb |
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:55:27 GMT, Chamander
wrote: I plan to purchase a wireless router or bridge or whatever I don't know what a bridge is. Maybe it is a switch? Connects two networks. I have a dsl modem. I want to directly connect the wireless router or bridge to the dsl modem. All my pcs are wireless enabled and have wireless nic cards. Do you think a wireless router or a bridge will be better? Your needs are typical, get a wireless router. don't really need security features of a router and I run a webserver too so I don't want to configure and forward ports on a router. Huh? Why not configure it? That's quite painless, just enter router config screens and set port to forward to server's IP number... better than NOT putting it behind the router. Whether you feel you need the security or not, it's inherant in the routing and not something that needs avoided. I have 4 computers using a 1.5Mbps / 368 Kbps internet connection. Can anyone recomend me a good wireless bridge/router/switch? (I REALLLY Prefer a switch) Also I login using PPPOE, can the wireless switch handle that? The typical consumer grade router now has a 4 or 5 port switch integral, you would have to go out of your way to find one that didn't have a switch. However, since you report that all systems are wireless enabled, do you really need the switch at all? The switch is only for wired connections, which would be a good idea for the server for bandwidth reasons, but also any other PCs sharing large files with each other OR the server. The wireless is best suited only for things already having lower througput, ie- the internet connection sharing. PPOE is handled by any current gen switch, popular makes include Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin. The Belkin seems worse but any of the others should handle the basic needs you describe just fine. They're often deeply discounted after rebates, you might see what's available in your local weekend newspapers. |
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:59:42 GMT, Chamander
wrote: Oh by the way For my pentium 4, can i purchase any wireless nic pci card? Yes, though there's the option of which speed, most commonly that is 802.11b or g. If your entire network is only "b" then there's not much point to buying a "g" card which costs more, but then again they're backwards compatible so it could be one step in the entire migration to "g" later. If i use a wireless nic pci card, will it be compatible with the wireless switch and will using a pci card use my cpu cycles? It will be compatible with the switch, and it will use a few CPU cycles, but not a lot, it's a non-issue on any semi-modern system. have a p4 3ghz 800fsb Plenty fast enough Main performance issue isn't the use of CPU cycles but that the system will be waiting around wasting idle CPU cycles because the wireless network is slower than it would've been if you ran cable and used 100Mb, let alone 1Gb. wired instead. |
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:51:59 GMT, kony wrote:
PPOE is handled by any current gen switch, Correction- current gen. ROUTER. |
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