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Greetings,
I just moved into a new place and I now need to integrate my networking with my new housemates (previously, I just had a Linksys wireless
router for myself).
They already have a Netgear wireless 4-port router (haven't looked to see what model), located on the 1st floor. I have a desktop on the
third floor, which would obviously make a wired connection a royal pain. I've already connected my laptop to the router, and was surprised
to find that the signal was pretty strong at my computer desk on the 3rd floor. So it seems that purchasing a wireless adpater is the way to
go.
Several questions:
1) Linksys or Netgear? Any advantages/disadvantages to using the same brand as the router?
2) USB or PCI? I'll have to confirm whether I have USB 2.0 but reviews on the wireless USB routers I've seen seem to consistently report
heat issues, which will certainly be exascerbated in my 3rd floor room since it is summer here, and A/C is lacking. Do I gain anything is
using PCI?
3) As an aside, my housemates do not have WEP enabled but do have an approved MAC address list. They have changed the default router
password to a non-trivial one. Is this suffcient security for general use or should I tell them to enable WEP anyway?
TIA,
-Mark
Greetings,
I just moved into a new place and I now need to integrate my networking with my new housemates (previously, I just had a Linksys wireless
router for myself).
They already have a Netgear wireless 4-port router (haven't looked to see what model), located on the 1st floor. I have a desktop on the
third floor, which would obviously make a wired connection a royal pain. I've already connected my laptop to the router, and was surprised
to find that the signal was pretty strong at my computer desk on the 3rd floor. So it seems that purchasing a wireless adpater is the way to
go.
Several questions:
1) Linksys or Netgear? Any advantages/disadvantages to using the same brand as the router?
2) USB or PCI? I'll have to confirm whether I have USB 2.0 but reviews on the wireless USB routers I've seen seem to consistently report
heat issues, which will certainly be exascerbated in my 3rd floor room since it is summer here, and A/C is lacking. Do I gain anything is
using PCI?
3) As an aside, my housemates do not have WEP enabled but do have an approved MAC address list. They have changed the default router
password to a non-trivial one. Is this suffcient security for general use or should I tell them to enable WEP anyway?
TIA,
-Mark