3 laptops at home wireless help !!

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Hi,

I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
what should I do?
will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
thanks !!

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Oh..Ok.. so the AP will be hooked to the power supply only..like a regular
switch..

About the configuration, is it like a regular LAN ? give IPs and
SubnetMask?? anything unusual in wireless ?

what is a good, not expensive AP?

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Hi.

May be this too can Help: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=122
Ignore the prices in the link above. The same or similar hardware can be
found for 60%-90% less.

Wireless What Should I Get?: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html

Jack (MVP-networking).


"Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
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> A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each
laptop
> is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
> world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you
don't
> have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers
and
> also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as a
> way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
> cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server, all
> of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.
>
> "Walid" <walid97@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23uACJMhWEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> > what should I do?
> > will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> > thanks !!
> >
> >
>
>

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No. If all you want is a LAN, you don't need to connect your router to a
modem.

"Walid" <walid97@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, yes this was my point.. do I need to "get to the outside orld from
the
> router, usually via a cable or DSL modem".. say I dont want that, no
> internet, just 3 laptops..do I need to connect the router/AP to any cable
> but the power supply??
>
> John Wolf said that I dont need to, but other ppl are telling me that I
HAVE
> to connect the router/AP...
> feeling lost here !!
>
>
>
>
>
> "Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
> news:#H5TO$jWEHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > A wireless router (which would be the AP) and a wireless card in each
> laptop
> > is basically all you need. Of course you will need to get to the outside
> > world from your router, usually via a cable or DSL modem. Also, if you
> don't
> > have a wireless router yet, get one that has ports for 4 wired computers
> and
> > also that includes a print server. Then you can use your wired ports as
a
> > way of getting to the internet if something is wrong with your wireless
> > cards, or you could add a desktop to the mix. And with a print server,
all
> > of your laptops would have independent access to your printer.
> >
> > "Walid" <walid97@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23uACJMhWEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have 3 laptops at home and I want to connect them wirelessly..
> > > what should I do?
> > > will it be 100% wireless or 1 laptop SHOULD be connected to an AP?
> > > thanks !!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>