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Thread ID: 38816	2003-10-19 07:11:00	networking computers and ADSL	caffy (2665)	Press F1

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184792	2003-10-19 21:19:00	If you go wireless, you will not have anywhere to use a hub. They connect all the LAN cables, whereas wireless doesn't have the cables. The hub is like a hub on a wheel, it connects the "spokes" (LAN cables) to a central point so everything talks to everything. A Wireless Air Point acts as a wireless hub.	godfather (25)
184793	2003-10-19 21:21:00	caffy, I have my main pc in an outside office, and a laptop in the house. They communicate wirelessly and both access adsl. When they were both in the house, they communicated wirelessly from one end of the house to the other (our house is a 1920's lath and plaster bungalow). However there were limits - you could not sit at the laptop with your body between the two computers or the signal died! I have a Dynalink RTA300 router, connected to the phone line, of course. The main PC and a wireless access point are both plugged into the router. The laptop in the house has a wireless adapter PCMCIA card. Right from the start, the laptop was able to share the adsl connection wirelessly, but it wasn't a very good signal because the outside office is a Skyline building with a tin cladding. I sought advice from a wireless expert here in ChCh and he recommended an outside aerial. He made up an aerial for me, that consists of a more powerful antennae than the pair that stick up from the back of the wireless access point, and a cable. The new antennae looks like a bigger version than the ones on the WAP. You simply take one of the aerials off, attach the cable to the same antennae post, and mount the aerial outside - in my case high on a verandah post. Oddly it works best with the outside one parallel to the ground rather than vertical. So basically what you need is a WAP to plug into your router, and a wireless card for each PC or laptop you want to access adsl. My WAP and card are made by Linksys, but I gather that others on this forum have had good results with the cheaper Dick Smith models. If you want to have pc's in different buildings, you may need to investigate an outside aerial. I don't see why you would need a hub - your router model is not stated, but presumably it includes a switch, which performs at higher specs than a hub.	John H (8)
184794	2003-10-20 04:30:00	> How much money do you want to spend? None! (ha ha, yeah right) . . . realistically . . . id probably prefer to go for the cheapest option . . . which is what?	caffy (2665)
184795	2003-10-20 04:36:00	> > How much money do you want to spend? > > None! (ha ha, yeah right) . . . > > realistically . . . id probably prefer to go for the > cheapest option . . . which is what? One more thing - I know that cheap options aren't always the best choice - but I don't really want to spend a lot of money setting up networking and internet access particularly when I know I'm only living at the new place on a temporary basis . I could always set-up a dial-up connection, because the room I'm getting has a phone jack, can just plug modem into that . But I'd love to give ADSL a go . . . probably won't get another chance to have access to ADSL cheaply!	caffy (2665)
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