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There are a number of things you can do, the USB wireless adapters work OK
but I've had a lot of problems with these devices due to weak signal.
Option 1:
You have better luck purchasing a PCI wireless card. You will need a
wireless AP to provide the connectivity to the computer downstairs.
Opiton 2:
You can setup a peer-to-peer network but you will have to have 2 wireless
cards and just do internet connection sharing through the ethernet of the
device connected to your cable modem.

Option 1 is your better choice for stability.

Sean Hartling
Skybeam High Speed Wireless Internet


"Matt Jenkins (Personal)" <matt.jenkins@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Ok I'm new to newsgroups but mainly very new to wireless networks.
>
> Truthfully I'm not sure where to start, my old computer which I'm
> currently
> using is very old and due for the skip soon! My new computer arrives this
> Saturday.
>
> This computer is connected on a 2mb Broadband Cable connection provided by
> Telewest (A UK ISP)
> Its a Ethernet connection but when the new computer comes i want the new
> computer to go downstairs as this is all currently wired upstairs.
> I could get Telewest to come re-cable and have the new computer hard wired
> downstairs but its hassle which is what got me onto the idea of Wireless!
> I've looked around on the net and its seems to say i need a wireless
> router
> and a wireless usb port ??
>
> I want to keep the Cable modem upstairs on it's own not attached to
> anything
> and have the new computer downstairs attached wirelessly to the modem
> upstairs. Is this possible. What i've read so far is mainly for having one
> computer hard wired to the network and having other computers attached to
> the broadband connection via wireless.
> However i just want 1 computer attached but i'd prefer the cable modem to
> be
> in 1 room and the computer in another.
> And is a wireless router what i need and a wireless usb attachment? where
> do
> they go ! i haven't a clue sorry.
>
> Thanks for any help, hope it sort of makes sense!
>
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

"Sean" <shartling@skybeam.com> wrote in
news:j0xtd.647$6N2.587@news.flashnewsgroups.com:

> There are a number of things you can do, the USB wireless adapters
> work OK but I've had a lot of problems with these devices due to weak
> signal. Option 1:
> You have better luck purchasing a PCI wireless card. You will need a
> wireless AP to provide the connectivity to the computer downstairs.
> Opiton 2:
> You can setup a peer-to-peer network but you will have to have 2
> wireless cards and just do internet connection sharing through the
> ethernet of the device connected to your cable modem.
>
> Option 1 is your better choice for stability.
>
> Sean Hartling
> Skybeam High Speed Wireless Internet
>
>

In addition to this excellent advice, I'll tell you that it certainly is
possible not to have a desktop PC connected to your router via a
hardwire. You do, however, need a hardwire connection to configure your
router / access point initially.

Also, I would caution that if anything should go wrong with the router
or access point, and you are unable to connect to it, you will need to
connect via an ethernet cable to reconfigure and troubleshoot. This is
not as dire as it might seem, as the workaround is quite simple: you can
go to most computer stores and get a very long Cat 5 cable. Provided
that you don't mind breaking this cable out of the closet, and your
computer is within reasonable distance of the router (about 100 meters),
when things go wrong, you should be ok. That's most likely the route
that I would take.

Finally, you can very often find a wireless router for about the same
price as a standalone access point. It might behoove you to have less
hardware and get the consolidated model. Linksys, Belkin, DLink, and
Netgear all make excellent wireless routers that I have configured and
used.

The Chairman

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

Thankyou so much for your replies and advice, I'm starting to understand
whats needed.

I think the new computer has a PCI 802.11g ? card installed already but i'm
not 100% sure about this, so does that mean all i need is a wireless router
that i connect to the Surfboard Cable modem i have upstairs and these two
devices connect via a ethernet cable which is currently plugged into the
back of this (my old) computer?

I'm sorry if i sound thick but you mentioned about fixed AP and 'all in one'
wireless routers, whats the difference and what is a fixed AP? I don't
remember reading about these, however i have read about wireless routers and
do agree that i'll probably opt for buying netgear or D-Link or something
similar.





"The Chairman" <monster@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:Xns95B8EFDE2D3C1monsterearthlinknet@140.99.99.130...
> "Sean" <shartling@skybeam.com> wrote in
> news:j0xtd.647$6N2.587@news.flashnewsgroups.com:
>
> > There are a number of things you can do, the USB wireless adapters
> > work OK but I've had a lot of problems with these devices due to weak
> > signal. Option 1:
> > You have better luck purchasing a PCI wireless card. You will need a
> > wireless AP to provide the connectivity to the computer downstairs.
> > Opiton 2:
> > You can setup a peer-to-peer network but you will have to have 2
> > wireless cards and just do internet connection sharing through the
> > ethernet of the device connected to your cable modem.
> >
> > Option 1 is your better choice for stability.
> >
> > Sean Hartling
> > Skybeam High Speed Wireless Internet
> >
> >
>
> In addition to this excellent advice, I'll tell you that it certainly is
> possible not to have a desktop PC connected to your router via a
> hardwire. You do, however, need a hardwire connection to configure your
> router / access point initially.
>
> Also, I would caution that if anything should go wrong with the router
> or access point, and you are unable to connect to it, you will need to
> connect via an ethernet cable to reconfigure and troubleshoot. This is
> not as dire as it might seem, as the workaround is quite simple: you can
> go to most computer stores and get a very long Cat 5 cable. Provided
> that you don't mind breaking this cable out of the closet, and your
> computer is within reasonable distance of the router (about 100 meters),
> when things go wrong, you should be ok. That's most likely the route
> that I would take.
>
> Finally, you can very often find a wireless router for about the same
> price as a standalone access point. It might behoove you to have less
> hardware and get the consolidated model. Linksys, Belkin, DLink, and
> Netgear all make excellent wireless routers that I have configured and
> used.
>
> The Chairman
>

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

"Matt Jenkins \(Personal\)" <matt.jenkins@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
news:nfNtd.119472$F7.24969@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

>
> I think the new computer has a PCI 802.11g ? card installed already
> but i'm not 100% sure about this, so does that mean all i need is a
> wireless router that i connect to the Surfboard Cable modem i have
> upstairs and these two devices connect via a ethernet cable which is
> currently plugged into the back of this (my old) computer?

Yes, that's all you need.

> I'm sorry if i sound thick but you mentioned about fixed AP and 'all
> in one' wireless routers, whats the difference and what is a fixed AP?
> I don't remember reading about these, however i have read about
> wireless routers and do agree that i'll probably opt for buying
> netgear or D-Link or something similar.

I don't recall anything about a "fixed" AP, but I did mention a
standalone AP. Very basically, the difference is that a router has the
ability to assign IP addresses, allowing multiple computers to connect
to one another and a shared internet connection. An access point is not
as "smart" as a router, and only provides wireless access. It doesn't
assign individual addresses to multiple computers, and most often is
used in combination with a router.