Category: Geeks r Us
Any one know any thing bout woreless I am thinking of going that way but have heard alot of garbage from people who dont know what a network is. Feel free to contact me.
Linksys is your friend. Easily configurable and lots of features.
My parents just had a wireless router installed last year and it works quite well. One minor drawback, though, is that the downstairs computer in our house has to be on in order for me to be able to go online. My computer is in my bedroom on the second floor, and it is the only computer with software I can use. But other than that very minor inconvenience, we're very satisfied. Sure as heck beats having a cable modem crash on you constantly.
Thanks for the info this helps my decision out some I am ready to give up all these cables runnig everywhere.
The effectiveness also depends some on the construction of your house: distance between router and computers, obstructions such as walls, interference from other devices (like 2.4GHz phones), etc.
Anyone got any info about how fast they are and what the range is? We've been thinking about it, but speed is a big issue.
I just installed a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router here, and so far I have not had any issues. The configuration program/web page has a few accessibility quirks for JAWS users, but connectivity hasn't been a problem. It's located fairly centrally in the house, and at worst I get 'very good' signal quality (4 out of 5 stars). Speed levelled out at about 600kb/second everywhere, which is comparable to my 10mb Ethernet connection.
Note that the part about having to have another computer turned on is not the case with a router, if it can be hooked directly to your internet provider anyway.
hey all. how about installing them? most of the software that comes with routers is real bad with screen readers. do you really need that cd? I heard you don't. i heard someone just hooking up the correct cables in the right place and pinging ips and everything worked. any ideas? thanks.
I just got wireless internet a few months ago and it works nicely. It sure beats dialup and you don't get kicked off.
No, you don't need the disks. You just need to know how to configure it. If you don't need a helpful guuide to help you, then you're set. I use a router from actiontech, and I use window eyes for configuring it. Just make sure you secure it with WPA or WPA2 for faster speeds so that neighborrs don't steal your connection, and make sure to place the router in an elevated place away from any walls preferably in the center of your home, but closest to your computer.
Kenny
We currently have an old netgear router and it works pretty good. Except for this limited or no connectivity problem.
Over the summer, I hooked up a DLink for my parents. That was easy and seems to be working fine for them. The guy in office depot was kind enough to get the configuration website for me.
Linksy, you say? I'll have to scope them out. Lol, it is funny and frustrating how the reviews on these router can differer so dramatically. You can get a handfull of great reviews then a few really crappy reviews for the same product.
From what I can tell, the age of my router doesn't really matter. I haven't found a reason to buy a new one yet. Does anyone know of great improvements? Mine is about 3 years old.
i say the new routers are better. there a lot faster then old routers. and kenny, i agree with you man. i've done my research and you don't need the discs. routers are pretty easy to configure. theer are a ton of good websites to help you.
Just get a Linksys router. I have had a Linksys router for two years now, and it works good. Some of the software in the router isn't that accessible. But just get the Linksys WRT54GS with speed booster. It works grate!
Dom
Why wouold you want to get a lynxies router if the software isn't accessible?
Gotta go with netgear on this one. Software is completely accessible even with a Mac using Voiceover(OOOOPS! am I allowed to say that here?). The range max is a really nice router. Internal antenna and excellent range.
I have the netgear dg834g which is one down from the rangemax if i remember correctly and am very happy with it.
I haven't even opened the cd - I can configer it fine over the network and it works fine with supernova.
Can anyone comment on the speed lost due to encryption? I'm pondering removing wpa, turning dhcp off, making it invisable and setting up mac filtering. I'm guessing that the changes in dhcp woud make the connection process faster and obveously there would be no wpa, i'm just unshure in regards to how much of a difference this would make.