I recently got a laptop and then a wireless router to allow it to connect to the internet wirelessly. I had to mess with settings and configurations that I didn't even understand before I could finally just get it to be able to view webpages and such. I highly doubt this is the most efficient setup because I get medium-slow download speeds most of the time on all of the computers and I think the way I have it set up may be the reason.
These are my components of the network:
Lucent DSLPipe Modem
WRC-1000 Toshiba Wireless Router
Comp1-Windows 2000
Comp2-Windows 2000
Laptop1-Windows 98
This I how I have it set up.
Phone line-->Modem
Modem-->Comp1
Modem-->Comp2
Modem-->WRC-1000
WRC-1000--(via WiFi)-->Laptop
I had to enter the DNS and subnet and whatnot values into the WRC-1000 configuration to get the laptop to view the internet. The WRC-1000 is set to NAT Routing and has the DHCP Server thing (whatever that means, I still don't understand networking very well). Like I said before, I don't know if this is the most efficient setup. I don't really understand this stuff completely, but my GUESS as to why the internet is slower is that the modem evenly divides up the bandwidth between the ports wheras a router would supply bandwidth as needed, is this right? Anyway, I was thinking about switching to the following setup and seeing if it would be any better.
Phone line-->Modem
Modem-->WRC-1000
WRC-1000--(wired)-->Comp1
WRC-1000--(wired)-->Comp2
WRC-1000--(WiFi)-->Laptop1
If I did this setup, what type of settings should I have on the router? The NAT or Bridge or whatever? I have no idea what most of the options that the router gives me mean, and I would need someone to tell me which of these types I would need. Also, the WRC-1000 apparently has a firewall and I'm not sure how that would affect me with gaming or whatever else. If you don't understand my setup or anything else, please ask. Thanks.
These are my components of the network:
Lucent DSLPipe Modem
WRC-1000 Toshiba Wireless Router
Comp1-Windows 2000
Comp2-Windows 2000
Laptop1-Windows 98
This I how I have it set up.
Phone line-->Modem
Modem-->Comp1
Modem-->Comp2
Modem-->WRC-1000
WRC-1000--(via WiFi)-->Laptop
I had to enter the DNS and subnet and whatnot values into the WRC-1000 configuration to get the laptop to view the internet. The WRC-1000 is set to NAT Routing and has the DHCP Server thing (whatever that means, I still don't understand networking very well). Like I said before, I don't know if this is the most efficient setup. I don't really understand this stuff completely, but my GUESS as to why the internet is slower is that the modem evenly divides up the bandwidth between the ports wheras a router would supply bandwidth as needed, is this right? Anyway, I was thinking about switching to the following setup and seeing if it would be any better.
Phone line-->Modem
Modem-->WRC-1000
WRC-1000--(wired)-->Comp1
WRC-1000--(wired)-->Comp2
WRC-1000--(WiFi)-->Laptop1
If I did this setup, what type of settings should I have on the router? The NAT or Bridge or whatever? I have no idea what most of the options that the router gives me mean, and I would need someone to tell me which of these types I would need. Also, the WRC-1000 apparently has a firewall and I'm not sure how that would affect me with gaming or whatever else. If you don't understand my setup or anything else, please ask. Thanks.
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