Wireless Routers

[Ric]

hey all,
Im looking for a wireless router, but know absolutly nothing about them.

So any help, thoughts, or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

and once we do get one, anything that I need to know about getting both the desktop and laptop to work corectly ?

[Good Times]

Since you have a laptop, you'll need to find out what the specification on the laptop wireless is. That will be your limiting factor. I doubt you have a wireless on the desktop so if you do go wireless you'll need to pick up either a pci wireless card, usb wireless card or some other combination.

At any rate, you'll need a broadband wireless router and a wireless card for the desktop. (I'm assuming you have a wireless system built into your laptop).

Stick to the major brand and you'll be in good hands. D-Link, Linksys/Cisco, Netgear are my favorites. If you need anything let me know, I can find some killer deals for you.

[Ric]

Lance,
thankx for the info. we want to keep the desk top on the Ethernet Cable and the laptop on a wireless, thats what we "want" Im guessing its doable.
I appreciate the heads up on the brand names, I was looking at Micro Centers site, and didnt really know what manufacture to go with, so thankx we will probley go there (or somewhere) tomorrow, she needs something ASAP..

[Good Times]

Ric,

In that case, I would just check to make sure the laptop supports either 802.11A, 802.11B (most likely), 802.11G (probably) annd/or 802.11N(maybe). Most older laptops support A/B but G and N is relatively new so depending on how old the laptop is G and N may be out of your limits. If your laptop supports either G and N, then most definitely look at those routers that have them as they support a higher transfer rate.

[reggie 00]

A G and N router should be backwards compatible to B. A is not as popular for regular consumer use.

Dlink, Linksys, Netgear in that order. Don't bother with anything else you'll see on the shelf. It may have the same specs but you'll find em harder to set up.

Make sure you go look on your ISP help page on items that need to be addressed for router set up. A lot of em are getting pretty easy to set up though.
While your looking around on the net for that info, grab a quick tutorial on sharing printers and files.

Have fun.

[Bob98SR5]

ric,

dude, just email me your address and ill give you mine for free. it a linksys with dual B and G . its just sitting in my closet collecting dust. you pay shipping and its yours, my friend

bob

[Cebby]

ric,

dude, just email me your address and ill give you mine for free. it a linksys with dual B and G . its just sitting in my closet collecting dust. you pay shipping and its yours, my friend

bob

That router is certainly making the rounds...

[Bob98SR5]

yup, its the one i bought from you many eons ago

[Ric]

thankx for all the replies all .... Bob you got a PM

[Erich_870]

ric,

dude, just email me your address and ill give you mine for free. it a linksys with dual B and G . its just sitting in my closet collecting dust. you pay shipping and its yours, my friend

bob

Another great example of the UY community.

While we're on the subject, anyone have info on a program to keep neighbors from sniping your wireless? I've never really addressed that with my system

Erich