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Hi,
I need to buy a wireless router and a network card for my home. I
live in Toronto, Canada, and currently have Rogers high speed
internet, but may be switching to Bell Sympatico. (Not too happy with
Rogers. They want to charge me over $100 to move an internet outlet
-- so I figure screw 'em, I will go wireless.)
What is the most cost effective wireless router to buy?
And do they come with the wireless ethernet cards, or will I have to
buy that too? (In which case the cost of router AND card is what I
need to know.)
I need to meet these specifications:
1. For now, it just needs to work with my home desktop, an average
PIII with 512 megs of RAM and normal specs, running Win2k.
2. I would like it to be compatible with Linux Mandrake because my
brother is loaning me his linux box to give it a whirl
3. I am planning on buying a laptop that has "Intel BG2200 802.11b/g
WiFi (Wireless LAN)" built in... can someone explain the difference
between 802.11b and 802.11g and all the other flavours??
I want to buy the initial router and card if it needs it from
somewhere in Toronto this week.
Any advice is appreciated! It is very confusing to me...
Thanks,
Holden
Hi,
I need to buy a wireless router and a network card for my home. I
live in Toronto, Canada, and currently have Rogers high speed
internet, but may be switching to Bell Sympatico. (Not too happy with
Rogers. They want to charge me over $100 to move an internet outlet
-- so I figure screw 'em, I will go wireless.)
What is the most cost effective wireless router to buy?
And do they come with the wireless ethernet cards, or will I have to
buy that too? (In which case the cost of router AND card is what I
need to know.)
I need to meet these specifications:
1. For now, it just needs to work with my home desktop, an average
PIII with 512 megs of RAM and normal specs, running Win2k.
2. I would like it to be compatible with Linux Mandrake because my
brother is loaning me his linux box to give it a whirl
3. I am planning on buying a laptop that has "Intel BG2200 802.11b/g
WiFi (Wireless LAN)" built in... can someone explain the difference
between 802.11b and 802.11g and all the other flavours??
I want to buy the initial router and card if it needs it from
somewhere in Toronto this week.
Any advice is appreciated! It is very confusing to me...
Thanks,
Holden