A D-link 524 wireless router, downstairs, feeds my wireless laptops,
upstairs. Years ago, I also wired the rest of the house ethernet to feed
my desktops.
I'm considering moving an E510 to a non-wired room.
I will use the soon-to-be (?) wireless desktop mainly for online use, and
not so much for sharing over a LAN. I've been looking at wireless PCI
desktop cards, paying attention to price and reliability.
I do believe that you get what you pay for (and you don't get what you
don't pay for), but the reviews on the cheapie wireless cards are pretty
good. I'm sort of partial to just getting the D-Link DWL-G550, below, as
opposed to the much cheaper ones shown in the last two links.
Anyone have the DWL-G550? How long is the antenna cable? I can't seem
to find that spec. anywhere, even on the D-Link page. Other comments?
i would not buy the dlink card... i've had 3 of them all different
models and they did not perform. the wire is not more than 2 ft.
the antenna is too weak.
and i wouldnt buy those other 2 no-name cards either.
what worked the best for me was a hawking card.
also the hawking expander is an excellent fit as well in case the
reception is not strong enough.
i've also had great luck with the linksys cards, and the linksys usb
receiver.
Boris wrote:
> A D-link 524 wireless router, downstairs, feeds my wireless laptops,
> upstairs. Years ago, I also wired the rest of the house ethernet to feed
> my desktops.
>
> I'm considering moving an E510 to a non-wired room.
>
> I will use the soon-to-be (?) wireless desktop mainly for online use, and
> not so much for sharing over a LAN. I've been looking at wireless PCI
> desktop cards, paying attention to price and reliability.
>
> I do believe that you get what you pay for (and you don't get what you
> don't pay for), but the reviews on the cheapie wireless cards are pretty
> good. I'm sort of partial to just getting the D-Link DWL-G550, below, as
> opposed to the much cheaper ones shown in the last two links.
>
> Anyone have the DWL-G550? How long is the antenna cable? I can't seem
> to find that spec. anywhere, even on the D-Link page. Other comments?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ywzajr
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2d8j7q
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2xlq6k
<Boris> wrote in message
news:Xns9A3BCC9D6E88DBorisinvalidnet@216.196.97.13 6...
>A D-link 524 wireless router, downstairs, feeds my wireless laptops,
> upstairs. Years ago, I also wired the rest of the house ethernet to feed
> my desktops.
>
> I'm considering moving an E510 to a non-wired room.
>
> I will use the soon-to-be (?) wireless desktop mainly for online use, and
> not so much for sharing over a LAN. I've been looking at wireless PCI
> desktop cards, paying attention to price and reliability.
>
> I do believe that you get what you pay for (and you don't get what you
> don't pay for), but the reviews on the cheapie wireless cards are pretty
> good. I'm sort of partial to just getting the D-Link DWL-G550, below, as
> opposed to the much cheaper ones shown in the last two links.
>
> Anyone have the DWL-G550? How long is the antenna cable? I can't seem
> to find that spec. anywhere, even on the D-Link page. Other comments?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ywzajr
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2d8j7q
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2xlq6k
it really does depend on where your machine and the router are sited.......
you will get answers like Jay, I like this and I hate that, at the end of
the day its all about location, location, location..........
I do promote the add on aerials, they have helped picking up a weaker signal
around my rooms.
dj
Belkin x 1 PCI
D link x 2 PCI
Intel x 2 MiniPCI
On Feb 5, 8:08 pm, Boris <Boris> wrote:
> A D-link 524 wireless router, downstairs, feeds my wireless laptops,
> upstairs. Years ago, I also wired the rest of the house ethernet to feed
> my desktops.
>
> I'm considering moving an E510 to a non-wired room.
>
> I will use the soon-to-be (?) wireless desktop mainly for online use, and
> not so much for sharing over a LAN. I've been looking at wireless PCI
> desktop cards, paying attention to price and reliability.
>
> I do believe that you get what you pay for (and you don't get what you
> don't pay for), but the reviews on the cheapie wireless cards are pretty
> good. I'm sort of partial to just getting the D-Link DWL-G550, below, as
> opposed to the much cheaper ones shown in the last two links.
>
> Anyone have the DWL-G550? How long is the antenna cable? I can't seem
> to find that spec. anywhere, even on the D-Link page. Other comments?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2hx9js
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2d8j7q
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2xlq6k
Whoops. I gave the wrong url for the DWL-G550. Here it is.
I would make the suggestion of investing in a router that can perform
as a wireless node. This way, you can plug your desktop's wired
Ethernet port into the router, configure it appropriately (many refer
to this function as "client bridged" mode) and be off and running.
While this does take up more space than a wireless card, and it will
require power, I have found that the functionality is much better. In
particular, the link is up whenever the computer is on...whereas most
desktop wireless cards only link up after a user has logged on.
The cost is about the same for either a wireless card or a suitable
router.
wm_walsh@hotmail.com wrote in news:37e10496-b95a-4d91-aa28-b14b69e8c393
@y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
> Hi!
>
> I would make the suggestion of investing in a router that can perform
> as a wireless node. This way, you can plug your desktop's wired
> Ethernet port into the router, configure it appropriately (many refer
> to this function as "client bridged" mode) and be off and running.
>
> While this does take up more space than a wireless card, and it will
> require power, I have found that the functionality is much better. In
> particular, the link is up whenever the computer is on...whereas most
> desktop wireless cards only link up after a user has logged on.
>
> The cost is about the same for either a wireless card or a suitable
> router.
>
> William
>
I do have a second, unused, D-link 524 wireless router. I've looked at
the 97 page owner's manual to see if it can be used as a bridge, but
there's no mention, and I don't see anything in the set up pages.
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:08:42 -0600, Boris <Boris> wrote:
>A D-link 524 wireless router, downstairs, feeds my wireless laptops,
>upstairs. Years ago, I also wired the rest of the house ethernet to feed
>my desktops.
>
>I'm considering moving an E510 to a non-wired room.
>
>I will use the soon-to-be (?) wireless desktop mainly for online use, and
>not so much for sharing over a LAN. I've been looking at wireless PCI
>desktop cards, paying attention to price and reliability.
>
>I do believe that you get what you pay for (and you don't get what you
>don't pay for), but the reviews on the cheapie wireless cards are pretty
>good. I'm sort of partial to just getting the D-Link DWL-G550, below, as
>opposed to the much cheaper ones shown in the last two links.
>
>Anyone have the DWL-G550? How long is the antenna cable? I can't seem
>to find that spec. anywhere, even on the D-Link page. Other comments?
>
>http://tinyurl.com/ywzajr
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2d8j7q
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2xlq6k
I like the suggestion that William had about setting up a wireless
node and connecting your wired ethernet to that. That is the approach
I would want to take.
Having a Mac now, I probably would consider getting some of the Apple
wireless hardware because they have nodes like that in which hard
disks can be connected directly to the network and not to a computer.
Price though would probably shoot down that option.
I was considering wireless but ended up buying some long CAT6 cable
instead. Cheaper, and a faster / more reliable connection. I have
CAT6 running to a few areas where I use my wireless notebooks for
times when I would want faster access through my network to other
computers.
In any case, probably the most useful suggestion I could give is to
read the user reviews on sites like newegg. Some hardware (not much)
like wireless desktop cards are also sold through Amazon so there are
user reviews there, as well as buy.com.
Often I just google whatever the item is + review, e.g. "Intel 3945
wireless review" and occasionally very specific useful comparisons and
reviews come up.
Here is what I **** THINK **** would work to use a second router as a bridge.
It's really fairly simple. Connect up the second router to an Ethernet port in
the first router. Now connect a computer to the second router, and access the
router setup screens. First, allow the second router to serve DHCP in a
DIFFERENT subnet than the first router. Next, assign a FIXED IP address to the
second router.
For example, say that the first router serves 192.168.0.nn from its own address
of 192.168.0.1 . So, set up the second router with fixed address 192.168.0.2 ,
and have to responsible for the subnet 192.168.1.nn . Give it a try.
This seems to be more or less what a neighbor do-it-yourselfer has done
unwittingly with his own network, and he wondered why a computer in one subnet
could not "see" computers in the other. I told him to DISABLE DHCP in the
second router and to give it a fixed IP in the same subnet as the first router,
i.e. the one connected to the broadband ISP. I have not had direct hands-on
with his home network. Yet. He brings his sick and dead computers over for
service and calls for advice... Ben Myers
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:23:42 -0600, Boris <Boris> wrote:
>wm_walsh@hotmail.com wrote in news:37e10496-b95a-4d91-aa28-b14b69e8c393
>@y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I would make the suggestion of investing in a router that can perform
>> as a wireless node. This way, you can plug your desktop's wired
>> Ethernet port into the router, configure it appropriately (many refer
>> to this function as "client bridged" mode) and be off and running.
>>
>> While this does take up more space than a wireless card, and it will
>> require power, I have found that the functionality is much better. In
>> particular, the link is up whenever the computer is on...whereas most
>> desktop wireless cards only link up after a user has logged on.
>>
>> The cost is about the same for either a wireless card or a suitable
>> router.
>>
>> William
>>
>I do have a second, unused, D-link 524 wireless router. I've looked at
>the 97 page owner's manual to see if it can be used as a bridge, but
>there's no mention, and I don't see anything in the set up pages.
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