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Motherboards with Wi-fi?

Anomaly1964

Anomaly1964

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In my current home all my pc's are hard wired back to the same router for internet connection. I am moving in a few days to a rental home and may have to go wireless...

1. How do I find out if my existing PCs have wireless capabilities...?

2. I am building my son a new PC soon, do any of the new P67/Z68 motherboards have wireless built in to them?


Thanks!
 
If you've been using wired this far, why stop? Get a decent router that supports DD-WRT, and set up a client bridge. You have your bridge, which connects wirelessly to the main router, and all of your PCs and stuff plug into the bridge using ethernet, just like they used to. Much less hassle than getting wireless dongles for all of the PCs.

Another similar alternative, is to get TWO routers of the same type (preferably with Broadcom hardware), and put DD-WRT on both of them, and then run them as WDS nodes. WDS links routers in a wireless LAN, such that devices plugged into them (ethernet) are all on the same LAN. That's what I use. It's very reliable for me, no dropouts. (I had the first problem in two years, the AC adaptor on one of my routers burned out. Thankfully, I've got spares.)
 
VirtualLarry said:
If you've been using wired this far, why stop? Get a decent router that supports DD-WRT, and set up a client bridge. You have your bridge, which connects wirelessly to the main router, and all of your PCs and stuff plug into the bridge using ethernet, just like they used to. Much less hassle than getting wireless dongles for all of the PCs.

Another similar alternative, is to get TWO routers of the same type (preferably with Broadcom hardware), and put DD-WRT on both of them, and then run them as WDS nodes. WDS links routers in a wireless LAN, such that devices plugged into them (ethernet) are all on the same LAN. That's what I use. It's very reliable for me, no dropouts. (I had the first problem in two years, the AC adaptor on one of my routers burned out. Thankfully, I've got spares.)
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Awesome idea VirtualLarry never thought of that before. Going to go do this right now. I knew my unused older second router would come in handy for something.
 
I just got my shipment of WNR2000 routers that I got from Newegg for $20 ea (REFURB) plus some shipping. Newegg raised their price to $32 a few days after I ordered them. The price on these fluctuates.

The v1 of this unit is NOT DD-WRT compatible. The v2 IS.

When I ordered three of them last year, when Newegg had them for $20 FS, they were all v1. I've since sold a few of those off. (They are decent routers in their own right, but DD-WRT makes them supreme.)

Well, the good news is that my second order, for four of them, were ALL V2. DD-WRT'age coming up!

Anyways, since these seem to be mostly v2 now, I would suggest you consider ordering a few of them. Might want to order more than you absolutely need, in order to have spares on hand (since they ARE refurb), and to better your odds of getting the number of v2 units you need.

It's of course still possible to get a v1, but it appears to me (based on recent reviews, and my own purchase), that Newegg is mostly shipping v2 units.

Go get em!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122275

Edit: This one is only a "G" router, but it's $25 FS, claims to support DD-WRT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166032
(But I couldn't find it in the dd-wrt.com router database, so perhaps google for support.)
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=544351
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=62942&highlight=rosewill+rnxgx4
 
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VirtualLarry said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122275

Edit: This one is only a "G" router, but it's $25 FS, claims to support DD-WRT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166032
(But I couldn't find it in the dd-wrt.com router database, so perhaps google for support.)
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=544351
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=62942&highlight=rosewill+rnxgx4
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I was sick of trying to get better connections (with my Netgear WNR834B, Verizon Router, some other crap routers/brands)

finally settled with an Asus RT-N16 (~$60-$80)... 400mhz, 128MB of ram, flashed with Tomato firmware (dd-wrt capable too, just that dd-wrt didnt' have print support when i bought it)...you can't overload it

overkill prolly for almost everyone... but the RT-N16 works fine without any freezes/lags... print server for my USB laser printer as well

it's little brother, RT-N13U, might be cheaper and worth it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320059
 
My current setup: Netgear WNR834+WNR2000
It works well.

if you don`t play games use a USB-Wi Fi stick would be more advantage
 
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