3 laptops at home wireless help !!

Hi,

I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
what should I do?
will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
thanks !!

Walid, if your question is do you need to have one of the laptops hooked to
the AP by cable, the answer is no, except for the inital set up then you
likely will. Once you get it set up you can have all three hook up
wirelessly.

Hope that helps.

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John A. Wolf
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"Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> what should I do?
> will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> thanks !!
>
>

Oh..Ok.. so the AP will be hooked to the power supply only..like a regular
switch..

About the configuration, is it like a regular LAN ? give IPs and
SubnetMask?? anything unusual in wireless ?

what is a good, not expensive AP?

A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each laptop
is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you don't
have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers and
also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as a
way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server, all
of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.

"Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> what should I do?
> will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> thanks !!
>
>

Hi.

May be this too can Help: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=122
Ignore the prices in the link above. The same or similar hardware can be
found for 60%-90% less.

Wireless What Should I Get?: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html

Jack (MVP-networking).


"Papa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#H5TO$(E-Mail Removed)...
> A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each
laptop
> is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
> world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you
don't
> have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers
and
> also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as a
> way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
> cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server, all
> of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.
>
> "Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> > what should I do?
> > will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> > thanks !!
> >
> >
>
>

Well, yes this was my point.. do I need to "get to the outside orld from the
router, usually via a cable or DSL modem".. say I dont want that, no
internet, just 3 laptops..do I need to connect the router/AP to any cable
but the power supply??

John Wolf said that I dont need to, but other ppl are telling me that I HAVE
to connect the router/AP...
feeling lost here !!





"Papa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#H5TO$(E-Mail Removed)...
> A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each
laptop
> is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
> world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you
don't
> have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers
and
> also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as a
> way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
> cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server, all
> of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.
>
> "Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> > what should I do?
> > will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> > thanks !!
> >
> >
>
>

No. If all you want is a LAN, you don't need to connect your router to a
modem.

"Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well, yes this was my point.. do I need to "get to the outside orld from
the
> router, usually via a cable or DSL modem".. say I dont want that, no
> internet, just 3 laptops..do I need to connect the router/AP to any cable
> but the power supply??
>
> John Wolf said that I dont need to, but other ppl are telling me that I
HAVE
> to connect the router/AP...
> feeling lost here !!
>
>
>
>
>
> "Papa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#H5TO$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each
> laptop
> > is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
> > world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you
> don't
> > have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers
> and
> > also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as
a
> > way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
> > cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server,
all
> > of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.
> >
> > "Walid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> > > what should I do?
> > > will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> > > thanks !!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>