wireless setup with cable internet & 2 pcs

I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two computers
in
other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I need
to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost solution
is best. Thank you. derek

http://www.linksys.com/products/grou...rid=33&scid=35

"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two computers
> in
> other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I need
> to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost
solution
> is best. Thank you. derek
>
>

higher level - http://www.linksys.com/products/

"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two computers
> in
> other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I need
> to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost
solution
> is best. Thank you. derek
>
>

should i go with Wireless-A, B, G, or A+B ?

"Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.linksys.com/products/grou...rid=33&scid=35
>
> "Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:tYCcnZRkTvJaDeCiXTWc-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two
computers
> > in
> > other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I
need
> > to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost
> solution
> > is best. Thank you. derek
> >
> >
>
>

1) 802.11B will be the cheapest since it is on the way out.

2) Unless you are sharing files between the machines, the 802.11B is fine
as it is 11Mbps, which will be 3 to 4 times faster than your internet
connection

3) If you are doing a lot of machine to machine transfers - the faster the
better. Wired would be best for that.


"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> should i go with Wireless-A, B, G, or A+B ?
>
> "Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > http://www.linksys.com/products/grou...rid=33&scid=35
> >
> > "Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:tYCcnZRkTvJaDeCiXTWc-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two
> computers
> > > in
> > > other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I
> need
> > > to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost
> > solution
> > > is best. Thank you. derek

scroll down to see all the products


"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> should i go with Wireless-A, B, G, or A+B ?
>
> "Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > http://www.linksys.com/products/grou...rid=33&scid=35
> >
> > "Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:tYCcnZRkTvJaDeCiXTWc-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two
> computers
> > > in
> > > other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I
> need
> > > to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low cost
> > solution
> > > is best. Thank you. derek
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I have cable internet installed and want to access this from two
> computers in
> other rooms in the house and am looking for advice on what products I
> need to get. The two computers are a desktop and a laptop. A low
> cost solution is best. Thank you. derek

I would suggest a wireless router. Place it in the room with the desktop,
on a wired connection, and use a wireless connection for the laptop. I'd
suggest going with a router and PC card that already have WPA for the
encryption, so may need to go with G instead of B. I'm happy with Linksys,
but not that the WPA upgrade is not available (at least not yet) for my
access point (I already had a router). It's also better if the router has
an SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall.
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