Wireless - Newby Questions 2 Wire home network

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I have signed up for the SBC DSL deal and they sent me a 2 wire
(brand) router that has wireless also.
Question one. I have my main unit (home) in one room running XP,
connected through the USB to the 2 wire 1000SW for DSL hookup. The
kids have a WIn 98SE machine in another room. What exactly do I need
to connect the kids unit to my unit for them to have DSL access also?
I assume I need some form of PCI card for their computer to talk to
mine via wireless. Are there any brands that work better with the 2
wire?
Question 2: I have another 2 wire -1000SW also. Can this be used as
the wireless communicator for the kids computer instead of buying
additional hardware?
Thanks .... Dad

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Alan White wrote:
> First of all, you should request an Ethernet DSL modem, NOT a USB one.
> Then buy a router (wireless if you wish for some of the computers) I
> strongly suggest that you do NOT try to set up your LAN with Internet
> Connection Sharing. Too many problems.
> The wireless router plugs into the Ethernet DSL modem. You can hardwire one
> or more computers to the router (at least the one nearest the router/modem)
> and connect wireless to computers that are difficult to connect by Cat 5
> wire.
> If you go wireless, you will need a wireless adapter for the kids' machine.
> I recommend a USB wireless adapter. I also recommend buying the same brand
> router and adapters.
> The cheapest is 802.11b but the 802.11g is coming down quickly in price.
> The g model is much faster on inter/computer file transfers. No difference
> in Internet traffic.
> Do some homework
>
>

I have a 2wire router and it has both a USB and ethernet connector. I
bought a D-link 510 at a computer fair and have had problems with blue
screening. After I followed these instructions


http://www.jannis.to/daily/archive [...] EQUAL.html

or a tiny url

http://tinyurl.com/32s7p

and its been operating fine.


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