Wireless Q

Hi

I'm thinking of getting broadband

I use a laptop at home. I would like to use it wireless around the house
using a wireless pc card

I'm a bit confused about wireless routers and wireless access points etc

What would be my options for achieving this with AND without a standard
supplied broadband modem

Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc

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In article <bmra2o$q0loo$(E-Mail Removed)>, hays
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>I'm thinking of getting broadband
>
>I use a laptop at home. I would like to use it wireless around the house
>using a wireless pc card

Is this as well as fixed computer, or do you just use a laptop?

>I'm a bit confused about wireless routers and wireless access points etc
>
>What would be my options for achieving this with AND without a standard
>supplied broadband modem

WAP = wireless access point

fixed = fixed (desktop) computer. Fixed computers will need ethernet
cards (if not built in) except for the last solution.

Your laptop will need a wireless card, if it's not built in.


Options:

ADSL router/hub/WAP -> fixed + laptop

ADSL router/hub -> WAP + fixed -> laptop

fixed (with PCI/USB ADSL + ethernet) -> fixed + WAP -> laptop

fixed (with PCI/USB ADSL + PCI/USB wireless) -> laptop

Options 1 is the neatest. Option 2 is the neatest if you already have
(or are supplied) an ethernet ADSL router/hub - or if you want to use a
specific router or wireless access point.

The last 2 solutions would require the fixed computer to be switched on
in order for the laptop to access the internet. I don't like them.

>Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc

No. Wireless is far faster than ADSL.

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You need:
ADSL modem with ethernet output - router - wireless access point (2 or all
three can come in one box),
and either PC Card or USB wireless adapter to connect to the laptop.

ISP's normally supply just USB ADSLmodem which is not suitable.
If you don't want any hassles just get Draytek Vigor 2600We all in one
solution,
probably the best, but not cheap, (broadbandbuyer.co.uk).

The 'old' 802.11b wireless is still at least ten times faster then your ADSL
512kbs connection so there is no point
going for the new / faster 802.11g equipment.
Regards,
Martin

In article <xy9fmnAERTk$(E-Mail Removed)>, David Mahon wrote:
> >Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc
>
> No. Wireless is far faster than ADSL.
>
But it's slower than wired ethernet, so if you use your local network a
lot, e.g. for backups, then you will notice the difference.

Rod.

hays reckoned that:
> I use a laptop at home. I would like to use it wireless around the house
> using a wireless pc card
> I'm a bit confused about wireless routers and wireless access points etc
> What would be my options for achieving this with AND without a standard
> supplied broadband modem

I would get your own wireless router/ADSL modem and then go for wires only
broadband. I've just purchased a netgear DG824M. It takes the ADSL line
from the BT box and sits underneath an armchair in my living room, and I
use a wifi card in my desktop and my laptop anywhere in the house.

Cost me £130ish from www.dabs.com, and I've gone with PlusNet at £21.99 a month.

> Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc

Bog-standard ADSL goes at 500k ish. WLAN goes at 11Megabits/second. The
ADSL is the bottleneck.
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>> >Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc
>>
>> No. Wireless is far faster than ADSL.
>>
>But it's slower than wired ethernet, so if you use your local network a
>lot, e.g. for backups, then you will notice the difference.

If the hub is a switching hub - a switch - which almost all are these
days, it will not affect the speed of the entire network.

The wireless link itself is slower than cat5 but everyone knows that.
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hays wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm thinking of getting broadband
>
> I use a laptop at home. I would like to use it wireless around the house
> using a wireless pc card
>
> I'm a bit confused about wireless routers and wireless access points etc
>
> What would be my options for achieving this with AND without a standard
> supplied broadband modem
>
> Are there any issues such as reduced speed etc
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Hays
>
> T610 Housings in stock now!!
> www.phonepro.go.to
>
>
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If you wanted to use your existing ADSL router look a access-point, if
you want to replace your router too get a wireless router.

Speed won't be a problem as broadband is up to 2mbps, 802.11b wireless
will go up to 11 Mbps and 802.11g will go up to 54 Mbps.

One thine to bear in mind is that if you have a 802.11g access point and
a mixture of 802.11b and 802.11g cards the network will slow down to
802.11b speeds.

Look at the Netgear DG824M or the WG602