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« on: September 14, 2007, 05:20:39 AM » |
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I don't even know if they exist. If they do any ideas as to which one would be best? My former boss has a small network at his office and is currently using a 4 port router. He has recently bought 2 laptops and wants to use them without being restricted to one location within the office. I have been given the task of setting it up for him and don't really want to go through the hassle of changing NIC cards in 4 other computers just so he can have wireless for his 2 laptops. Any ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2007, 07:22:29 AM » |
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You will find that most wireless routers come with a number of ethernet ports on the back. I personally use one made by Netgear, and it has four ports which would be ideal for the job you have in mind. Highly recommended piece of kit. Something like this one http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/130724 |
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007, 09:31:57 AM » |
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As Psychomech says, you'd be hard pushed to find a wireless router without 4 ethernet ports on the back. Some are better than others though and a Netgear number is probably right up your street. It looks good, is easy to set up, and has a decent lifespan.  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007, 12:02:27 PM » |
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Thanks for the info guys. Just one more question to make sure i'm understanding this right  If I buy him a 4 port wireless the 2 laptops won't interfere with the wired desktops because the router can actually handle more than 4 connections? - Always assumed the number of ports on wireless was the limitation of the router like it is with wired routers. |
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2007, 03:25:26 PM » |
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The 4 ethernet connections will (probably) be sharing 100Mbps and those using wireless will each share a portion of 54Mbps, as for the maximum amount of clients, it could handle hundreds.
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2007, 06:04:17 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2007, 02:07:00 AM » |
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I ended up buying him a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster for $54. Damn thing is idiot proof on the installation and setup. Took less than 5 min to install it and setup the laptops.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2007, 02:20:31 AM » |
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I ended up buying him a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster for $54. Damn thing is idiot proof on the installation and setup. Took less than 5 min to install it and setup the laptops.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2007, 03:15:37 AM » |
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HEY :P
I was just glad that I didn't have to spend half a day trying to make it work. Although I've never had a problem with any linksys product that I've used in the past.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2007, 09:14:56 AM » |
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Linksys do make some pretty good kit, and being part of Cisco they certainly have the know how. Glad you got it sorted so easily. |
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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2007, 12:53:22 AM » |
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One good thing on the Linksys numbers is that they generally use the larger SMA connectors for the antennas, so you can fire on some decent high gain ones if your RF is a bit flaky in some rooms.
(some also have a setting in there which allow you to boost the output to 250mW but there's legal limitations on that depending on which country you are in)
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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2007, 07:21:58 PM » |
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My router is a heap of shite tbh. Stop working every couple of weeks and on top of that is a pain in the arse to set up again.  |
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