Sortofofftopic....Networking an Apartment using 802.11a AND 802.11b ..let's have some fun...

Goosemaster

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I know this is a repost but I know sopme smart people like to hide from the sunlight in OT.....


Take a crack at this:




At the moment there are 6 of us sharing our place, and i have an SMC barricade 4 port router.

Unfortunately, routing through walls and having cables alll over the place serves mainly to depreciate the view, so I was looking into wireless.


Most likely I'll buy the Access point myself as I love new toys and will eventually give it to the folks, so I will probably get them to pitch in to buy me a card in exchange for using to share out dsl or t1 connection


My question is concerning the dualband equipment. Out of all the dualband access points, which to you see as the BEST.


linksys's offering is nice while I am more inclined to bet on Netgear's "BayNetworks" reputation...


Anyone car to help out?


by the way.....wireless 72Mbps would be WICKED!!

appearantly all of them are just access point so I guess I'll just keep the 4-port router and use the other ports for the DMZ game server and such




One last question I did have was concerning the adapters. Should I expect crappy performance with the adapters without an antenna?



Most likely I will be getting the 54/72Mbps adapter as I need to access the server all the time (I use it for work and website stuff) so everyone else might just get 802.11b cards

I was looking at gettingThis card for myself etc.

we are still thinking about it....since I will be buying the AP, I was going to get something GOOD..real good

and some/just me if not all of us will use 802.11b cards..for the mean time


We might be sharing alot of files in the future too....so that would clog up everything....



A question I did have was about the bandwidth...


72Mbps to whom...everyone? can the AP really handle 72Mbps(9MBps) x 64 = 576MB/s



That is unbelievable

 

Aquaman

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Keep use posted. Eventually I'd like to go wireless when I get my new apartment next year :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Goosemaster

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by the wya...can these routers accept both the a and b protocols simultaneously...like a sort of network bridging
 

RossMAN

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I wish these dual band WAPs would drop in price, I have my eye on the Linksys dual band but it's $300-$400 when I can buy an SMC 7004AWBR for $70 shipped or the new SMC 7004VWBR for $59 shipped.
 

oLLie

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Have you tried posting in Networking? Either way, remember to come back and update us folks in OT.
 

Maverick

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I got a wireless router in my apt for my laptop. Its the greatest thing since sliced bread...I can surf AT while I'm on the can!
 

Doggiedog

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Another question: How are your pings (ie online gaming) on wireless networks? Are they just as good as wireline or is there alot more lag?
 

Maverick

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Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Another question: How are your pings (ie online gaming) on wireless networks? Are they just as good as wireline or is there alot more lag?

latency is the same as wired lans.