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    Wondering about a wireless router

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Mattnxx, Jan 9, 2007.

  1. Mattnxx

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    I just got my first laptop and im wondering about a wireless router, my whole family uses desktops and have their connection manually through a cable, cani just take my origional cable connection and stick it into a wireless router? soit cwould go, from the modem, to regular router, to wireless router. does that work?

    and about the router doesit matter which onei buy? is 11 mbps fast enough?
     
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    Hello,

    No, thats doesnt how it works. Since most wireless routers have ethernet ports back of it, you dont need a separate wired router.

    11 mbps is OK for surfing the web, but if you are tranferring big files from your notebook to one of your family member, 11 Mbps will takes much longer. And besides today, you will find almost all wireless routers have 54 Mbps.

    JC
     
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    okay thanks for the reply, but i dontknow if you know what im talking about, i would take the ethernet cable and go frommy regular router port to the back of the wireless router. would that work?
     
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    since theres only one cablethat comesintomy house and my family needs to share it on a regular router
     
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    No, its not possible to connect from router to router.

    JC
     
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    so what could i do then?
     
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    Again, since most wireless router have ethernet ports on the back (like the wired router), your family can STILL share the internet.

    JC
     
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    OH i see, so i wouldjust replace the old router with the new one
     
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    Now you are getting it. :)

    For an example... See the ports and wireless antennas.

    [​IMG]

    JC
     
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    Your setup is like you said, isp cable->modem->router->wired & wireless pc's.

    You do not need both wired and wireless routers. You only need the wireless router.

    I would recommend a Dlink or Netgear wireless router. I no longer recommend Linksys due to their firmware move away from Linux, and cutting ram to 1/2. As for speed I would only consider looking at the 54G models. 11n and MIMO routers require a matching card. The 11n is not a standard, so any hardware you buy will more than like NOT meet the spec, when ever it is ratified.

    Once you get a wireless router you have to do a setup. This will transfer your settings from the pc to the router. Then you have to setup WPA security for the wireless connection. This is were most have problems.
     
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    now i get it. thanks for the help every1
     
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    oh and one last question, the more mbps the faster my connection right? so if i get like a 125 mbps router will my connection be alot quicker?
     
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    Hmm interesting. But zx10guy, why do you want to do that, hooking up two routers? I am just curious.

    JC
     
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    Do you have internet connection that have 125 mbps? I dont think so. ;)

    JC
     
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    Any wireless 54g connection >54 is not part of the std (11g). But it does work if you have a matching card to the modem. But don't expect it to have the same speed as a wired connection. It is faster than a std 54mbps for browsing but downloads are not that of a wired.

    I have a 125mbps and never have gotten ftp transfer > 3MB/s.
     
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    lol alright so then the typical is 54? sorry for the stupid questions
     
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    Ahhhh now I see. Thanks for the explaination. :)
     
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    Stupid questions? Where? ;)

    Anyway, yea 54 Mbps will do just fine. :)

    JC
     
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    zx10guy,

    I have a simlar setup. The FVS 338 is a good router it you have upgrade to v2 fw, v1.6 is junk. I was a beta tester for v2 firmware. If you are using VPN Clinet software the wizard works without a hitch. You can accomplish the same thing my using multi-home lan. This allow you to segment your lan with a single router. This is what multi home was network was design for. Used widely in SMB. This is like a VLAN in a managed switch. Cascading routers with firewall can be done, but can be very difficult at time. Most of the time it is used to seperate hardware of lower security, like 11b with wep and 11g with WPA.
     
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    right now i have linksys

    is it hard to set up wireless connections? because i have no idea what halfofyou guys are talking about lol

    thanks alot cisco networking level 1 class, you sure do help alot.
     
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    I had a Linksys wired router myself, until I bought a Motorila wireless router. As for the setup, when I did it, its took some head scratching, but overall its easy, I just follow the instructions on the CD.

    JC
     
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    k thanks again
     
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    When I was beta testing the FVS338 I had 2 ISP (cable & FIOS). I did a router to router VPN (338-328, 328-338) and 328 & 338 to VPN Clinet sotware. If you have the latest VPN Clinet, the wizard worked with nothing to change at all. The only bugs left was in the logging. Any logging on FW rules do not work. And when a log was sent on a timer it does not clear after a sucessful send, but at least it sends. V1 -1.6 was full of bugs it was not even usable.
     
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