wireless internet

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

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.

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[bigluis 10+ year member]

D-Link or Linksys ...
BTW, I'd use a wired connection whenever possible because wireless can be a pain in the *** ...

yes it is i got wirless on my other computer

 

[millerscents 10+ year member]

Linksys

thats what i have on my laptop

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

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...

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

so it's noticeably slower??

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

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

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

how's this?

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10336386&SearchEngine=Google&Type=Buy.com_EmailPromo_8.8.05&Keyword=linksys+wireless+router&Category=Linksys_Wireless-G_Broadband_Router&dcaid=16009

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

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.

 

[snebes 10+ year member]

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...

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

anybody know of any good wireless forums?

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

I'd go with linksys. Reason being is linksys is cisco's consumer brand equipment. As for what flavour of wireless go with G.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

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

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

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.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

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?

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

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