Replies to post #16004 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[XenaLives]

DSL on the network is a no-brainer. (I know,because I did it) Do the wiring yourself :)

[marginnayan]

Check out LinkSys products for home networking, wired or wireless. In my opinion, they are the best when it comes to home networking solutions.

web site:
http://www.linksys.com/

[insanediego]

Rich1 & ET: Only the first day with Netgear M314 and the wireless PCI Card... hooked up to a Motorola SB3100. Just got back online - router bombed and had to reboot.

I'd say hard wire is more stable... my laptop could barely get a signal on the second story of an 1,800 sq ft. home. But when it works, downloads of 100kbps.

Jury is still out. I may be returning all this stuff real soon.

insanediego

[kanuti]

Rich, I have been using Orinoco wireless, made by Agere, for 2 years. Have 4 computers and it has worked flawlessly. I did have a little trouble getting it to work on one computer, but that turned out to be a computer BIOS problem. Support was quick to answer the phone and very helpful. The system is encrypted so I don't think security is an issue. Information is here http://www.orinocowireless.com I have a RG1000 and a RG1100 (2 different high speed internet connections to the house) If one goes down I can switch to the other with just a click or two of the mouse. I found the best prices at http://www.cdw.com

[limtex]

Rich - I have a Linksys BEFW 11S4 Wreless Access Port+ Cable/DSL Router ( about $180 from Comp USA) and a Linksys WPC11 v2.5 Wireless Network Card ( under $100 from Comp USA).

The WPC11 is a pcmcia card and goes into my Tshiba Portege and the Linksys sits between my HP desktop and the Toshiba Cable Modem from Road Ruuner.

I can move all over our apartment with my notebook and have full speed intenet and fiel sharing with my PC.

I can take the notebook down to the pool and it works like a dream. The only accessory needed is a new kind o sunshade especially for SI tech junkies like me who have to have internet access ewven be the pool.

There is one downside to all this and it can be very very frustrating. And that is setting it up for newtworking.

Road Runner are very good and you need a good techie on your ISP AS WELL AS the Linksys tech support. The Linksys guys are actually very good and they will get your internet up and running quite quickly but they do NOT support networking and they will refer you to a couple of networking sites like WOWN.com and everythingnetwork. com or similar.

Networking is a two state world. It either works straight out of the box or it will take months and months and lots of very frustrating calls to tech support.

All I can say is that it is very worthwhile once you get it going.

Hope the above helps.

Best,

L