is there a way to transfor big files useing a wireless router

i wanna move files from computer that in my room to a computer that in my living room cuz my other computer is connect to a tv ,and i wounder is there a wireless way to transfore the files without a cables?

 

If you have a wireless router and wireless cards in both (or the computer not hardwired into the router) you 'll need to set up a workgroup and either share the files you want to move or place them into your 'shared documents' folder. Just choose the same workgroup name for on both computers.

 

i don't have a thing....so i need to buy a wireless router and for the other computer wireless card?
and do u know what is the speed to transfore the files?

 

Yes you will need a wireless router, and cards if you notebooks don't have them built in. Wireless speed is 54Mbps that's in theory, you most likely will get speeds less than that somewhere around 36Mb to 24Mbps.

 

If the files are large it would be 7-8 times faster using a wired connection. Use a crossover cable if you don't have a router. Most wireless only move files at 1-2MB/sec. Where wired 10MB/s with 100baseT.

 

will all the files about 1-4 gb , so u think it's gonna take a lot of time ?

and if i use Netgear WG311NAR 54Mbps Wireless-G PCI Adapter for Desktop PC's for two computer ,can i transfor files?

 

99% of the time its not the routers actual capable transfer speed.

Its the hard drive in the machines!

 

you could actually set up a non-infrastructure wireless network (aka "ad-hoc") between the two PCs and share files that way, however, you might as well purchase a router as well to eliminate cables altogether.

 

Then pick up 2 extra cat5e cable so you can connect both pc to the router for when you need to transfer large files.

If you don't want to spend the money on a router, just buy a network crossover cable.

 

so i don't understand...is there a way to trasfor big files with a wireles
or the best way is use a cable?
i dont wanna spand alot of money

 

you can do it with a wireless ad-hoc network.

the cheapest possible way would be to connect the two computers with a crossover ethernet cable, but since these are apparently desktop/tower systems and not laptops, and you want to keep them where they are two things you can do.

you can either buy wireless cards for both computers and create an ad-hoc network.

OR

you can buy a wireless card for the computer in your living room, and a wireless router which will share your internet connection and allow the two computers to communicate with one another. I'm assuming you have a broadband internet connection, so the router will just plug into the DSL or cable modem, then the one system into the router, and then the second desktop will connect wirelessly

either way, it'll probably cost around $100 or so, less if you find a good sale.

 

Or you could use a couple of USB memory sticks. 2GB memory sticks are pretty inexpensive:

http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Category=324&name=Flash-Memory-Readers

Or you could buy 4 of the pqi 1GB sticks for around $50. Don't know about their quality though.

 

i think i will pass the USB memory
i will try to find a wireles router and a wireles card
thanks for the help

 

The crossover cable will only cost around $15, you will spend over a $100 for wireless g. Or go a cheap wired router, they sell for $30.

 

the computers are in different rooms, and I believe he said they were desktop systems. it would suck to drag a tower around, although if he wanted to try to snake cat5e through the duct work, I suppose that's an option.

Something like this might be ideal... http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pr...24970ACF0EB10&sku_id=0665000FS10051717&catid=

 

If he has a lot of huge files he will definately want to use something other than wireless, unless he has plenty of time on his hand.

 

Do you have any extra Hard Drives lying around? If so, buy an external casing for it and connect each to usb. Like a flash drive, but much, much bigger. You can find hard drives pretty cheap as well if you dont have one, and the casing is less than $50. Then you have a nice backup drive when you are all done.

 

true enough. an external HDD would be the fastest... although a little less convenient, IMO. I guess it depends what your priorities are.

 

is the extrenal usb 2.0 faster then cable?

 

The problem you run into with USB is all of its overhead and interupts. 2.0 (480mbps) real numbers in the 320mbps. So it can be faster than 100baseT. Way short of gigabit lan.

 

I don't think the hard drive is the bottleneck. Even the slowest 5400RPM notebook drives have a transfer rate of at least 15MB/s, and we're talking about a really slow drive here. 15MB/s = 120Mbps, which is higher than fast ethernet speed.