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I too agree with apinkus, don't change if you don't need the increased throughput or range. If you really need the range, the Belkin is awesome for extended range for existing products. Even with old 11a/b/g products, coverage is doubled what a standard Linksys WRT54G would do. If you use...

I had a similar problem with an old linksys router. Turns out the router was dying, and would lose connectivity. I cheated and went to Fry's and did the switcharoo, then things worked okay =)

pre-11n solutions are stated as to reach 400m. Belkin and Linksys have Pre-N solutions out right now, so go check em out. I've tested a few at work, and they go almost 550m (about 600y). I also have a cantenna at home that shoots to my friend's house for filesharing. Good stuff.

Access points are the base stations which is connected via hardwire that provides wireless access. Routers does the NAT'ing which allows you to share one internet connection with many instead of paying for an additional IP address. Wireless bridges are basically wireless stations (the reverse...

I was also very hungry, so I went to White Castle and ordered 20 white castle burgers and 10 french fries with a Diet Coke....

There's a lot of pre-11n solutions out there that I would definitely recommend. Off thet top of my head, there are 2 solutions out, the Belkin Pre-11n and the D-Link DI624M. Both have extended range, although the Belkin has throughput up to 40 mbps using their client PCMCIA card. Linksys also...

There's a few solutions you can use. First off a PCI Wireless should not be a hit over your onboard gigabit. 2nd.... you can use two possible solutions.... use a USB wireless nic (which doesn't have great range) or buy a WRT54G and use Sveasoft FW to make it into a wireless bridge. Those go...

What it sounds like is the AP. I'm reading stuff for the Netgear WG624 v2 and it seems it has disconnect/reset issues. My feeling is that you get connected, but until you generate some sort of traffic then the pc realizes that you have no active connection (if that makes any sense). I'd...

In order to get 108 mbps, you have to have both a compatible AP and client. I'm assuming that you are using the SBC DSL wireless modem/router. 108 mbps (except for pre11n) are proprietary solutions, so in order to get 108, you need to get a D-link AP/Client that advertises 108. Anyways...

How far away from you from your AP?

Yeah, Intel has 2 new cards out, the Intel 2915ABG and the 2200BG. I believe you can buy all of these on Amazon (I've seen it once on buy.com). They usually go for about 20 bucks. I'm not sure if going through Dell will help you get one eithre.

Because of the distance from where you are, it shouldn't matter. Keep in mind, if you're using a cable modem, you're looking at a bandwidth of at most 1-2 meg usage at a time. Worst case wireless with 11b at 11mbps, you're looking at 6 mbps consisitent throughput (maybe 2-3 if you're in a...

A good site to check out is extremetech - http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1759119,00.asp They just reviewed a WRT54Gx using Iperf among other programs to generate network traffic to test performance. My workplace uses NetIQ Chariot, but that is well beyond anything you need (plus...

THe Intel 11b card should work for the IBM T20. The problem is that there is no antenna connection, so you will be forced to use the onboard antenna built on the card. Its not considerably strong, but it will work. ANother problem you might have is the mPCI lock inherent in most IBM...