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| Thread ID: 93103 | 2008-09-03 22:02:00 | Make PC wireless connection as well as laptop ? | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 702358 | 2008-09-03 22:02:00 | I have a D-Link G604T wireless modem router (recently replaced upon failing fifteen months after purchase ! - thank you D-Link !! :) ) Previously I have had the PC, which is downstairs, connected with a hard wire connection to the router. The laptop, which is upstairs, is connected wirelessly. Before setting up again, my thoughts are this. The internet lead connection to the router has a long, long, extension, which will lose quite a bit of speed. It would be better to have the router upstairs, that way it would be connected without an extension cable. This would mean that both the PC and the laptop would need to be connected wirelessly. Seems straightforward and logical. Are there any traps, or shortcomings to the idea please ? Misty :illogical |
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| 702359 | 2008-09-03 22:15:00 | The PC would obviously need to be wireless capable which it may not be at present. | Safari (3993) | ||
| 702360 | 2008-09-04 00:19:00 | Hi Safari Thanks for that feedback. It had not occured to me at all ! Must find out how to check whether it is. Presumably I can get the PC adapted to be wireless enabled - if not enabled already. Hopefully not too expensive ! :waughh: Misty |
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| 702361 | 2008-09-04 12:47:00 | A USB wireless receiver will set you back around $45-50 at most. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 702362 | 2008-09-04 14:49:00 | www.microsoft.com www.pbtech.co.nz |
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| 702363 | 2008-09-05 05:27:00 | I would have thought that Ethernet would be faster than wireless, so changing to Wireless especially on a different floor of the house would be slower than having a cable running from one level to the other, would it not?:confused: | theother1 (3573) | ||
| 702364 | 2008-09-05 05:46:00 | Wireless isnt too bad over a network (copying files), but depending on how far the networked PC is to the main PC. I wouldnt really rely on it, if you want to download | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 702365 | 2008-09-07 04:07:00 | The guy at Advanced Computers says that so long as the extension lead is not over 50 metres then the PC should not lose too much connection speed. I have not got out the tape measure yet but doubt it would be over 50 metres. I don't do much copying files so the speed of transfer from the PC to the laptop is not really an issue. Misty :confused: |
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| 702366 | 2008-09-07 05:33:00 | The internet lead connection to the router has a long, long, extension, which will lose quite a bit of speed. It would be better to have the router upstairs, that way it would be connected without an extension cable. I am not sure if you are saying the extension cable is ethernet or telephone. Either way, the signal will not loose any speed whether it is hard wired or via an extension - it still has to get there via copper!. |
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| 702367 | 2008-09-07 07:45:00 | I am not sure if you are saying the extension cable is ethernet or telephone. Either way, the signal will not loose any speed whether it is hard wired or via an extension - it still has to get there via copper!. Hi johnd The extension is telephone cable. So from what you are saying I understand that it has copper lead inside the plastic !? Misty :waughh: |
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