Need advice for buying a laptop

My home network currently has a Lynksys wired DSL router (BEFSR41) and
3 desktops attached to it.

Now I am planning to add a laptop with "trouble-free" wireless
connection to the Internet. I consider this fact the most important
feature of the laptop.

I live in a two-story 5-bed-room house. The router is currently in the
second-floor study.

What kind of wirless router will let me use my laptop in any room of
my house (except for the basement)? What kind of LAN card or built-in
wireless access do I need in the laptop?

Thank you for your help in advance.

baddley

baddley wrote:
> My home network currently has a Lynksys wired DSL router (BEFSR41) and
> 3 desktops attached to it.
>
> Now I am planning to add a laptop with "trouble-free" wireless
> connection to the Internet. I consider this fact the most important
> feature of the laptop.
>
> I live in a two-story 5-bed-room house. The router is currently in the
> second-floor study.
>
> What kind of wirless router will let me use my laptop in any room of
> my house (except for the basement)? What kind of LAN card or built-in
> wireless access do I need in the laptop?
>
> Thank you for your help in advance.
>
> baddley
Hi,
I have 2 story house about 3000 sq. ft. Router I used first was Linksys
WRT54G with dd-wrt f/w. I have several leaptops(Thinkpads, Powerbook)
and desktops from upstaira to basement. Coverage was OK and did not have
any trouble. Now I am using Linksys WRT54GX2 which gave stronger signal
over all inside and around outside house. I am biased for Thinkpads
series. Now ours are all T42 with built-in -11b/g mini PCI card. Always
worked well. Not only that TP series is well built reliable machine.
My son also uses Panasonic Toughbook for his field work(civil
engineering). Powerbook is daughter's. I don't have any other laptop
experience.

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:29:10 GMT, baddley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>My home network currently has a Lynksys wired DSL router (BEFSR41) and
>3 desktops attached to it.
>
>Now I am planning to add a laptop with "trouble-free" wireless
>connection to the Internet. I consider this fact the most important
>feature of the laptop.
>
>I live in a two-story 5-bed-room house. The router is currently in the
>second-floor study.
>
>What kind of wirless router will let me use my laptop in any room of
>my house (except for the basement)?

Hard to say. Depends on the construction of the interior walls.

>What kind of LAN card or built-in
>wireless access do I need in the laptop?

I highly recommend Lenovo T-series. Excellent built-in Wi-Fi.

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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:35:04 GMT, Tony Hwang <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have 2 story house about 3000 sq. ft. Router I used first was Linksys
>WRT54G with dd-wrt f/w. I have several leaptops(Thinkpads, Powerbook)
>and desktops from upstaira to basement. Coverage was OK and did not have
>any trouble. Now I am using Linksys WRT54GX2 which gave stronger signal
>over all inside and around outside house. I am biased for Thinkpads
>series. Now ours are all T42 with built-in -11b/g mini PCI card. Always
>worked well. Not only that TP series is well built reliable machine.
>My son also uses Panasonic Toughbook for his field work(civil
>engineering). Powerbook is daughter's. I don't have any other laptop
>experience.

I liked your practical knowledge that can be directly applied to my
situation. Thank you for taking time out to help.

baddley