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tkc
Citizen
Username: Tkc
Post Number: 5
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 10:13 am: |     |
Thanks to all about information on my prior question on DSL providers. I guess you get what you pay for. Verizon seems like a reasonable compromise with price and speed.
My next question is about wireless network. How far can the base station sit from the rest of the wireless network computers. I am thinking of the DSL modem sitting with my computer in the basement office and the rest of the computers one level up. I have a ranch style house so, there is no second floor room. The base station is at one end of the house in the basement with other computers sitting on the other side of the house. My house isn't that long about 100 ft or so. Just for reference, I can use a 900MHz cordless phone from one end to the other with no problem, so I would imagine the 24GHz WiFi system should not have problem either at least without appreciable drop in data rate.
I read that most wireless network can reach about 150 to 300 feet. I would like to know any real live experience on home wireless network systems regardless of A, B, or G WiFi standard. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 803
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 10:30 am: | |
You should have not problem with the setup that you mentioned above. Depending on the houses construction I’ve heard of people having a little difficulty on the second floor if the router is in the basement.
Remember that the router does not need to be near a computer, just the DSL line. So you can really put it anyplace in the house that you want.
I use WIFI ‘G’ just because it’s faster and has some better security.
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Sylad
Citizen
Username: Sylad
Post Number: 402
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 10:37 am: | |
I have a linksys wireless router, 802.11B. The modem and router are on my third floor, I get great...full coverage in the entire house and yard. I can also see 3-4 other wireless networks from my neighbors. If you are starting from scratch and have no wireless gear I would go with 802.11G. You only get the bandwidth from the ISP but if you are mcving files point to point between the computers the additional bandwidth is nice. My network consists of a desktop PC,(wired) a three wireless machines, two laptops and a MAC. It works great, the biggest factor, in my opinion for throughput is the quality of the NIC card, unless you have a Centrio on board, I would pay more for a high quality wireless NIC. |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 490
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 11:44 am: | |
I have a "G" setup -- works very well. Range is at least 200 feet and excellent speed.
Ironically, once I put in the wireless network -- I realized that I can tap into *5* other wireless systems from my house. (gee, I wonder if they would mind sharing ;-)
That said, be sure and implement the security options -- of the 5 sytems I pick up at my house -- 3 are not secure. And 4 of the 5 are using all default settings for names etc -- not good!
Pete
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tourne
Citizen
Username: Tourne
Post Number: 314
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:10 pm: | |
Ditto on the security. Use the encryption and enter the machine address of the computers you want to use to limit access to those computers. |
Zeno
Citizen
Username: Eratosthenes
Post Number: 49
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 8:06 pm: | |
...and be aware that it is a rite of passage for any CS undergrad to crack the very weak encryption in wireless (read: your neighbor's geek teenager)...if you install wireless, assume it is not secure, end of story....in security terms, the wireless network always goes outside the firewall.... as far as MAC addresses, I was told recently that the NIC can be reprogrammed to change the MAC, it's part of the Ethernet standard... |
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