wireless internet

swaptrex
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we have cable internet at my house, and i would like to run it to my laptop....i know i need a wireless router and a pc card. i am looking for any suggestions, since i am pretty new at this stuff. i am looking for sites, product reviews, whatever you can help me with.

 
I've got a Linksys wireless router in my apartment...if you don't mind being limited to about half of what DSL will run on a good day, it's alright.

And make sure to use a network key, unless you like people leeching your bandwidth...

 
It works for me, but then again, I only play a handful of games online...so I'm not an internet speed freak.

I never had anything faster than 56k from home during high school, so I don't take even wireless for granted //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 
I wouldn't recommend it if you plan on playing online games (like Counter-Strike or something) because it will **** for that.
For general internet (surfing the web, etc.), it'll be fine as long as the connection stays good.
mostly just downloading music, videos, etc.

 
check the sunday ads.....best buy especially. no more mail-in rebates, all instant there (don't know if that is nation wide), but they usually have pretty good deals on wireless stuff...

 
also what i noticed with my wirless network at my house is that when you turn a wirless phone on (usin the land line) my connection goes from 11 mbps to 1 mbps.

pisses me off so much that i just wanna run wires around the house to my comp.

i only dl at 20k/second with dsl //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 
also what i noticed with my wirless network at my house is that when you turn a wirless phone on (usin the land line) my connection goes from 11 mbps to 1 mbps.
pisses me off so much that i just wanna run wires around the house to my comp.

i only dl at 20k/second with dsl //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Go into your router configuration and change the channel that it is opperating on.

 
will that help the dl/ul speed, the wirless phone problem or both?
Will help with the wireless phone problem... might help with your other one, not really sure. i didn't read your whole post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 
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