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| Thread ID: 72522 | 2006-09-16 00:00:00 | W/less broadband... how to setup on 2 pcs? plz help. | WestMclaren2004 (7303) | Press F1 |
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| 485061 | 2006-09-16 00:00:00 | I have a old pc, and my new asus p5w wifi enabled pc. How do you setup 2 have wireless broadband for the both of them? currently, the "old" pc is connected to a model router through the internet.. Do i need to buy a wireless adapter for it? |
WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 485062 | 2006-09-16 03:38:00 | Is wireless better? | WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 485063 | 2006-09-16 03:50:00 | It is if you don't want to dig holes in the walls of your house for ethernet cables. Wireless is fine for internet sharing and general file transfers, but it is too slow if you are transferring files larger than a GB regularly. When you say "wireless broadband", do you mean you have Woosh or do you mean you have Jetsteam and a wireless base station? If you mean the latter, just plug it in (I think with Windows you need to run through an installation CD???), put an 802.11b/g card in any computers that don't have one and tell them to share their internet connection from your base station (I'm sure a Windows user can tell you which control panel this can be done from). :) |
maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 485064 | 2006-09-16 03:51:00 | Are you using Woosh? A Woosh modem can only be physically connected to a single computer, but if you set up a local network then you can share the internet connection. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 485065 | 2006-09-16 04:01:00 | so the secondary pc only needs a 802.11g wireless USB card? | WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 485066 | 2006-09-16 04:08:00 | Yes, that is all you will need to connect to an existing wireless network. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 485067 | 2006-09-16 04:11:00 | Yes, that is all you will need to connect to an existing wireless network. :) But the base station also needs a wireless router, regardless of the wifi fetures on the motherboard? |
WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 485068 | 2006-09-16 04:36:00 | It's a bit hard to understand exactly what you have at the moment. Do you currently have a wireless base station? I gathered from your post you must have bought one of the ADSL/wireless integrated modems Xtra is selling at the moment. If not, you need to buy a wireless base station to connect your ADSL modem to. Then a wireless card needs to go in any computer that doesn't already have one. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 485069 | 2006-09-16 04:48:00 | It's a bit hard to understand exactly what you have at the moment. Do you currently have a wireless base station? I gathered from your post you must have bought one of the ADSL/wireless integrated modems Xtra is selling at the moment. If not, you need to buy a wireless base station to connect your ADSL modem to. Then a wireless card needs to go in any computer that doesn't already have one. :) I don't have a Xtra modem.... It's just my primary pc's motherboard is WIFI enabled( which means it has a 3in 1 wireless lan adapter 54mbps). So i guess the 2ndary pc only needs a USB network card to have access to the internet. Thanks for the help. WM2004 |
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| 485070 | 2006-09-16 04:57:00 | ok. When you do get Jetstream, you could alternatively hook the modem up to the primary computer and share it wirelessly to your old computer if you add a wireless card to the latter. Personally I've found using a base station to be a better option which is why I didn't initially mention not using one, but creating a computer to computer network will also work fine. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
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