Anybody have any experience with thse type of wireless cards that you slot into your PC and turn you internet connection into wireless so that you pick it up with another computer http://www.netgear.com.au/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=147&view=
I installed a simiiar card in my main computer and something less permanent in my laptop. I have a cable modem feeding a wireless router. The hole thing took about 1/2 an hour to set up very easy and very dependable
Do you mean 802.11b or Netgear? Super easy and effective. Sometimes the security (WEP) can be tricky setting-up. Big difference between brands can be how far & strong the signal travels. BTW, what's the exchange rate? If close to 1-1, that price absolutely sucks. The price on these babies have been plummeting over the last year or two.
Smeggy, just installed a wireless access point iinto my network setup last week...and got the wife a wireless pc card...as long as the access point and the cards are the same brand...it should work out of th ebox.. make sure you install the software for the cards before you install them in your PC. then you need to read up on configuring WEP(wireless security) so that anyone driving by cant access your wireless AP. too involoved to go into here...but if you run into a prob...you know where to find me.
Cohen- i mean on that model or really that type of card system for wireless i already have a broadband ethernet modem that is also a firewall and router so don't really want to go out and get a whole new wireless router. as for the price not sure i can do much that is aussie dollars so that may have something to do with it here are some tech specs Technical Specifications Radio Data Rate: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps (Auto Rate Sensing) Frequency Band: 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Operating Range: Closed Environment @ 1 Mbps 656 ft. (200m) @ 2 Mbps 426 ft. (130m) @ 5.5 Mbps 262 ft. (80m) @ 11 Mbps 196 ft. (60m) Open Environment @ 1 Mbps 1476 ft. (450m) @ 2 Mbps 885 ft. (270m) @ 5.5 Mbps 557 ft. (170m) @ 11 Mbps 394 ft. (120m)
already have a wireless card for laptop and anyway the new laptop i am getting (Toshiba) has inbuilt wireless card aswell.
really without buying a new wireless router/hub thingy just want to be able use laptop around the home... seems like this is the cheapest and most effective option.. am i right??
I am using the G router for 3 PCs in the house, and I LOVE it. Also we have it installed at work and the guys can go up to our roof top deck and work on their laptops...a nice treat. DD
is this one better http://www.netgear.com.au/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=149&view= Key features Blazing Speed - up to 54Mbps, 72Mbps in turbo mode Ultra reliable, standards-based IEEE 802.11a Wireless LAN Networking Highest level of industry standard security with WEP encryption Does not interfere with Bluetooth & 11b devices Works with Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 & XP
you will have to buy a wireless access point...hook its output to one of the ports on your existing router/gateway. netgear is kinda iffy from what I have heard....I have talked to several people that went with dlink..and they had good luck. the one I just got is a dlink also...but only cause I couldnt get a Linksys model and put it on my Office Depot card.. Smeg....dont bother buyiing the 802.11g model unless your existing wireless stuff is G also..or you intend on upgrading to 802.11G in the future.. it is faster...but it also probably cost more...if you wont use the extra speed...why bother.
wireless access pt hey, thats the first product i linked to right??? will check out dlink but not sure i can get them he in oz.
I just tried moving my modem and wireless router to another room yesterday. Unfortunately, the cable line wasn't working for some reason. It's happened before and it's the reason I wanted to switch it in the first place since the cable guys decided to leave a 30 foot cord from one room. Well when I tried setting it up in the other room the power cord was fine and so was the RJ-45 cable; but when I connected teh actual cable line (which is a new line for a TV since half of the lines here are disabled for some very odd reason), the modem didn't even respond. Comcast (which is hell trying to get on the phone) occasionally tells me to connect either the power cord first or the cable line first and then others. I forget how, but I tried this for about 20 minutes yesterday to no avail. Would the fact that the cable line is split using a be a reason?
Im not saying go with dlink...if I could have got Linksys at the only place I had a card for..I would have. BTW...the first product you linked to is just a wireless card for your PC...this one is for the AP.. http://www.netgear.com.au/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=92&view=
We got the G because we transfer files from PC to PC inside the network, if you are just using it to access the internet, there is no need. DD
i thought the first one was not a wireless card but send ethernet internet connection into pc and turns into wireless, am i wrong, the second link was a wireless card for the pc www.dlink.com.au is the aussie site
Mooch, are you sure that is the data line? when they hooked me up with high-speed cable internet...they ran a totally seperate line for the internet and a different line for the TV. and yes...the splitter could interfere...maybe..I have heard some say the used a splitter with no problems...but the cable tech I know says not to.
OK...so you are thinkin about installing the wireless card into a computer with an existing network card. Then you want to have the laptop connect to the computer and use it's existing network card to connect tot the internet? Im unsure if that will work. translation: I've never tried it or heard of anyone that has. but...my experience with wireless is fledgling at best..I would have to check.
yeah think you got it now my home pc get its internet from the modem thru ether cable, then i wanted to use the card i gave in the first link to create wireless and then use my laptop to get it... think it works, otherwise i think that dlink product i linked to will also work read the details/specs on the first link i posted in the thread
yea...I was just rreading up on it.. supposedly, you can link wireless peer-to-peer...enable you internet connection sharing on your main PC(the one you want to install the wireless card in) and it should work. one cavet tho...when you enable ICS...it will require that your sharing computer becomes 192.168.0.1...which might conflict with your existing DSL router address.
