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| Thread ID: 55757 | 2005-03-19 00:52:00 | setting up a 802.11g connection | jareemon (5207) | Press F1 |
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| 335542 | 2005-03-19 00:52:00 | ok heres the deal. i got a new laptop with XP home, and built-in 802.11g wireless lan. I want to be able to use my wireless capabilities without spending too much money (150-200 buks or less would be good!). I want to be able to surf the net (dialup) and be able to print documents, both wirelessly. seeing i already have the wireless thingy on my laptop, what do i need to buy that i can plug a parallel printer and a dialup phoneline into, so i can use the printer and connect to the net all from my wireless laptop? i hope y'all dont find this as confusing as i did :s J |
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| 335543 | 2005-03-19 09:39:00 | This depends, do you plan on moving up to broadband? Do you plan on adding pc's to your network? Is your modem internal or external/software or hardware? Is your modem in a normal computer? Assuming for the moment that your modem is internal and software ("winmodem"), and installed in a normal computer somewhere in your house, you'll want to enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS - The great unwashed) on your main PC. Then simply network your PC to a wireless access point/router, such as the Linksys WRT54GS. edit: For alternatives with built in print servers, take a look at level1 gear: www.ascent.co.nz (parallel) www.ascent.co.nz (usb) avoid dlink wireless gear like the plague Set up of an AP/Router depends from model to model, so you'll have to read the manual that's supplied with the AP/Router. Setup your IP's as you would any other network, set the gateway IP address to that of the main PC. There should be a networking FAQ that you can read to help you out here, if not, look at practicallynetworked.com On the wireless side, you'll want to set some security. Set the AP/Router to a unique SSID, give the AP/Router a password that you arent going to forget, add your laptop's MAC address to the MAC Access Control List on the AP/Router and on top of all of that, use WPA. Doing this is a lot easier than it sounds, and the AP/Router's webui should have a wizard that will walk you through the most of this. The manual and this thread can help you through the rest. Once you've got the laptop connected wirelessly and securely to your network, and it's able to browse the intergeek, just simply share the printer on the main pc. You can then connect to it from the laptop. The downside with doing it this way is you are dependant on the main pc being turned on to access the internet and the printer. If I were you, I'd pick up a second hand PC, setup something like clarkconnect on it to handle your internet connection, security and printing. This will allow an easy upgrade path to broadband and adding pc's. But that's just my view |
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