wireless connections

ive never set up a wireless connection before and was thinking about doing it. i wanted to know that can i use two laptops on a single wireless connection. meaning using a single router can two pcs catch the signal seperately at the same time

 

Yup, doing it right now, just if one has a stronger wirless card it will slow the other down dramatically

 

thanks. do i need a special router for this or any will do

 

any should do...obviously use wireless G Linksys make good routers.

 

linksys makes best in my opinion, tried several others and ended up returning them for the original linksys

 

BTW what the difference between wirelessG and N

 

N is alot faster but not certified yet...G is 54mb/s ........B is 11mb/s Theoretical for N is 400mb/s i think...but unless you are transferring large size of files in you network...G will b fine

 

Draft N is pretty much complete so there's no reason not to go with it if you can find a good deal on an N router.

 

well i have a pretty slow connection so those models that provide such great speeds wont be of any use to me

 

unless you have the wireless n card in BOTH of your laptops, you wont see any difference. Actually for surfing the web you wont ever. I'd get a wireless g linksys if i were you. They are cheap, reliable, and easy to set up.

 

If you go for a linksys G router only get the WRT-54GL, the other models are not that good. The GL is like the original one that gave Linksys its reconnection. There current WRT54G and GS models do not preform well. They have 1/2 the ram of the GL model.

Dlink and Netgear both make good routers, and if you can find them Buffalo. With the law suite injunction against Buffalo they can no longer import them. The other mfg may be in the same suite unless they settle soon.