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Looking to setup a Wi-fi Network (help needed) |
Superluminova
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Hi am looking to setup a Wi Fi network in my home so that i can use the internet on my laptops anywhere in the house, i was just wondering if anyone could give me so tips and advice on what i should be looking to buy to setup a network,
thanks
Barry
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masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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these days its fairly straight forward.
lets start with your current setup.
Do you have ADSL?
if so is it one of these silly usb adsl modems that BT, AOL and others give you by default or one with RJ45 socketc to connect the modem to your pc via ethernet cable?
btw, I get most of my stuff from DSL Warehouse
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Superluminova
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At the moment we're with ntl broadband and we have a terayon tj210 modem thingy which the gave us, and were connected to the main pc via usb cables.
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SteveS
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get a dsl broadband router, get a wireless access point,
get some pcmica cards for laptops and bingo.
or u could get a wireless dsl broadband router which would be easier. |
Superluminova
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both the laptops have built in wi-fi iam think that maybe all i need is a wireless access point?
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masseur
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ok, so I would say ditch the supplied modem unless you want to use internet connection sharing through that pc which means it must always be on.
I would ghet something like this SMC wireless 4 port ADSL router as it has the adsl modem and both wireless and wired connectivity (here are some other choices)
so you plug your adsl cable from the wall into this and if you are like our setup where we have one main desktop (my wifes) and 3 laptops then you can run a category 5 ethernet cable from the router directly into the desktop and buy a few usb or pcmcia 820.11g (in this case) wireless adaptors for the laptops. these are quite cheap as is a pci network adaptor card for your desktop if your desktop currently has no RJ45 socket to plug a cable into it or you could just make that wireless too
we also have a HP multifunction printer/scanner/fax/copier etc thingy as well which was supplied with a network adaptor so another cable runs from that into the router and anyone can print/fax etc from anywhere too
edit: ok ignore the bit about network adaptors for the laptops. mine also has wifi built in but the kids don't and they both work as well as each other
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boto43
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On 2004-08-02 14:02:00, Superluminova wrote:
Hi am looking to setup a Wi Fi network in my home so that i can use the internet on my laptops anywhere in the house, i was just wondering if anyone could give me so tips and advice on what i should be looking to buy to setup a network,
thanks
Barry
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I'd like to do it too.I use a notebook with built up wi-fi,how can I connect my pda to notebook via wifi.Does the soft of wifi automatically do synchronization between both devices ?
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Superluminova
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thanks massuer i'll look into everything you've said as i don't really need the home pc to be on all the time as its the laptops me and my sister will mostly be using.
thanks for all your help,
Barry
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Posted: 2004-08-02 14:02
