10:21 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
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I want a wireless router but I know next to nothing about them. What do I need to get? N? G?
I used to wheel a lot. . .
12:09 am
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Most N routers are backward capatible to G. N is faster, but unless your pc is fairly new, it will run on G.
We have only one laptop that runs on N. Our router is G, but we have an N router in our closet. We'll upgrade when it adds more value. The G network we have is fast enough for now.
Price being equal, get the N and it should run as G for your existing equipment. then, it's upgradable later on your PC side.
12:15 am
May 4, 2004
Offline I'd suggest an N router, even if your current computer isn't N compatible. That way next time you get a new computer your wireless router will be ready for it. I've tried many different brand and have had the best success with Netgear routers.
2:44 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline I found a Netgear N router for about $85...I'll probably go get it tomorrow. Thanks for the help guys 8)
I used to wheel a lot. . .
4:58 am
May 4, 2004
Offline Be sure to set up a secure wireless network. If possible use the highest bit wpa option. Don't broadcast your network ssid. And set up the list of allowed wireless devices.
5:20 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline :wtf: are you talking about?
I used to wheel a lot. . .
6:00 am
February 5, 2003
Offline If you have 2.4Ghz wireless phones, get rid or them.
use 900mhz or 5.8Ghz phones otherwise your wireless phones will conflict with your wifi network.
Fred's gibberish is the security buzzwords you should follow.
Closed Mondays.
6:11 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline I've got 5.8 Ghz phones...at least I understood that 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
1:11 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline What internet service do you have? Be sure to get a router that you can attach the modem to.
1:24 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline "JohnDF" wrote: :wtf: are you talking about?
Time to do some googling. :rtfm:
WPA, WPA2 and WEP are all security protocols used by wireless networks. If possible you want to use WPA or WPA2. WEP is less secure.
An SSID is a name for your wireless network. You can either have your router broadcast the SSID to the general public or not. Broadcasting your SSID is like you standing outside your house yelling "I've got a wireless network and the name is XYZ".
You can also limit which wireless devices are allowed to connect to your wireless network. Every network card or device, whether it's wireless or not, has a built in MAC address. You can find our your wireless network card's MAC address by going to the Windows command prompt and running "ipconfig -all". This will most likely show you information for multiple network cards. You'll need to figure out which one is the wireless network card. Once you figured that out, look for something called "physical address". It will be in the format xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx. This is your wireless network card's MAC address and is what you should put in your router's list of authorized wireless devices.
1:29 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline And be sure to change the admin user's password on the router.
1:33 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline Here's some good reading to get you started.
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wire ... curity.htm
9:16 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline I got the Netgear router. Pretty easy to set up and it's working good. I connected Ben's DSi to it. I had to enter the pin number to get it to connect. I assume that's the securety? I assume nobody can connect to it without the pin number?
I used to wheel a lot. . .
10:17 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline Dang quiet around here this weekend :dunno:
I used to wheel a lot. . .
1:43 am
May 4, 2004
Offline "JohnDF" wrote: Dang quiet around here this weekend :dunno:
Everyone's out in the garage under their rigs getting ready for next weekend.
2:29 am
"JohnDF" wrote: Dang quiet around here this weekend :dunno:
My internet was fussy this afternoon. Not sure what the deal was.
2:41 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline I got the bikini top and doors on. Then I finished cutting the weeds in the front yard. I finished chores with cleaning the first half of the garage. Then we went mini golfing and I got beat by my wife 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
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