Wireless laptop

Hello,

I have a wireless laptop and I want to be able to connect to the internet
wirelessly at home. I have a machine connected to the web via ADSL with
Windows 98SE and I am thinking about purchasing a new Belkin wireless
adapter (http://tinyurl.com/cyznl) to allow the machines to talk to one
another.

Does anybody know if such a simple USB adapter would support ad-hoc mode and
allow my wireless laptop and computer to connect to one another? If they
can then it would only require the wireless adapter to be able to have
internet in any room in my house.

Thanks.




M Jones

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:20:23 +0000 (UTC), "M Jones"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does anybody know if such a simple USB adapter would support ad-hoc mode and
>allow my wireless laptop and computer to connect to one another? If they
>can then it would only require the wireless adapter to be able to have
>internet in any room in my house.

USB dongle or PCI card will do ad-hoc mode and provide what you need,
range might be an issue in a big house or one with walls that don't
pass RF easily.

Phil
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On 16/01/2006 M Jones wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a wireless laptop and I want to be able to connect to the
> internet wirelessly at home. I have a machine connected to the web
> via ADSL with Windows 98SE and I am thinking about purchasing a new
> Belkin wireless adapter (http://tinyurl.com/cyznl) to allow the
> machines to talk to one another.
>
> Does anybody know if such a simple USB adapter would support ad-hoc
> mode and allow my wireless laptop and computer to connect to one
> another? If they can then it would only require the wireless adapter
> to be able to have internet in any room in my house.
>
> Thanks.

It will do what you want in theory - but!!!

The frequency used by wireless networks is 2.4GHz and it only works in
'line of sight'. With that particular adaptor you have no options as to
location so as to get a good signal. It'll go through 1 wall but will
be severely attenuated by 2 walls and will die with 3. Foil backed
plaster-board and other metallic 'things' will also attenuate the
signal. If you use ICS you will also need the main PC on all the time
you want to use the laptop on the web.

If you go for something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctronics/B0000
C1WO1/system-requirements/ref=ed_tec_dp_2_1/026-3575926-0105218

(watch for word wrap)

you can connect it to your ADSL router (if you have one!) with a
network cable you have much greater choice about location to get a good
signal. You will also be able to use the Internet from either machine
whether or not the other is on.

I went this route and ended up putting it in my loft room on a long
network cable, fiddly but I get wireless access all over the bungalow.

--
Jeff Gaines - Damerham Hampshire UK
Using XanaNews 1.17.6.5

Thanks.

The laptop will only be used infrequently and I can suffer the inconvenience
of having the Internet PC switched on all the time. One of the reasons I
want to do it is because the kids hog the machine when I want access to the
Internet.

I don't have a very big house with many walls and for less than £20.00 I
don't think I can go far wrong.


"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 16/01/2006 M Jones wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a wireless laptop and I want to be able to connect to the
>> internet wirelessly at home. I have a machine connected to the web
>> via ADSL with Windows 98SE and I am thinking about purchasing a new
>> Belkin wireless adapter (http://tinyurl.com/cyznl) to allow the
>> machines to talk to one another.
>>
>> Does anybody know if such a simple USB adapter would support ad-hoc
>> mode and allow my wireless laptop and computer to connect to one
>> another? If they can then it would only require the wireless adapter
>> to be able to have internet in any room in my house.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> It will do what you want in theory - but!!!
>
> The frequency used by wireless networks is 2.4GHz and it only works in
> 'line of sight'. With that particular adaptor you have no options as to
> location so as to get a good signal. It'll go through 1 wall but will
> be severely attenuated by 2 walls and will die with 3. Foil backed
> plaster-board and other metallic 'things' will also attenuate the
> signal. If you use ICS you will also need the main PC on all the time
> you want to use the laptop on the web.
>
> If you go for something like this:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctronics/B0000
> C1WO1/system-requirements/ref=ed_tec_dp_2_1/026-3575926-0105218
>
> (watch for word wrap)
>
> you can connect it to your ADSL router (if you have one!) with a
> network cable you have much greater choice about location to get a good
> signal. You will also be able to use the Internet from either machine
> whether or not the other is on.
>
> I went this route and ended up putting it in my loft room on a long
> network cable, fiddly but I get wireless access all over the bungalow.
>
> --
> Jeff Gaines - Damerham Hampshire UK
> Using XanaNews 1.17.6.5

In article <dqfs17$58j$(E-Mail Removed)>, M Jones
says...
> Hello,
>
> I have a wireless laptop and I want to be able to connect to the internet
> wirelessly at home. I have a machine connected to the web via ADSL with
> Windows 98SE and I am thinking about purchasing a new Belkin wireless
> adapter (http://tinyurl.com/cyznl) to allow the machines to talk to one
> another.
>
> Does anybody know if such a simple USB adapter would support ad-hoc mode and
> allow my wireless laptop and computer to connect to one another? If they
> can then it would only require the wireless adapter to be able to have
> internet in any room in my house.
>
FORGET IT.

USB adapters are shite and have no range. Ad Hoc is unreliable at best
and you'll spend ages trying to track down connectivity issues.

Do the job properly and buy a decent WiFi ADSL Modem Router. Belkin do
decent PCI/PCMCIA/USB Wifi Adapters but their WiFi ADSL Modem Routers
are crap.


--
Conor

Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them
as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:35:41 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>USB adapters are shite and have no range.

>Belkin do
>decent PCI/PCMCIA/USB Wifi Adapters

spot the contradiction ?

I used a USB thing for 2-3 years at the other end of the house, never
had any issues, it was after all a PCMCIA card in a plastic box, as
opposed to the PCI version which was the same PCMCIA card on a PCI
board carrier. Quite why you imagine there is some massive difference
in performance between what may be the same hardware in different
packaging escapes me.

Phil
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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:35:41 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>USB adapters are shite and have no range.
>
>>Belkin do
>>decent PCI/PCMCIA/USB Wifi Adapters
>
> spot the contradiction ?
>
> I used a USB thing for 2-3 years at the other end of the house, never
> had any issues, it was after all a PCMCIA card in a plastic box, as
> opposed to the PCI version which was the same PCMCIA card on a PCI
> board carrier. Quite why you imagine there is some massive difference
> in performance between what may be the same hardware in different
> packaging escapes me.
>
> Phil
> --
>
> Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster http://www.tglsoft.de/
> No more cable clowns :-))
> Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls.


I have had a discussion with somebody who has used 2 Actiontec wireless
adapters in ad-hoc mode for over 2 years without any problems. The range he
gets is over 6M through 1 wall and 1 ceiling.

Doesn't sound shite. Sounds like it could really work to me.