Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I'm looking for a modem thingy and laptop card, and maybe a PCI card too. Anyone know where i can get a cheap kit 
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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ebay or dabs.com mate  try ebuyer too....one thing though mate, i would go for the G stuff...its faster etc etc 
[Edited on 22-06-2004 by VisibleMan]
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
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What setup have you got at the moment?
I'm using two 802.11b USB adapters and I've just taken delivery of an 802.11g router (just to punish myself, I can't go over 11Mbps  ) and have an Ethernet DSL modem on it's way.
If you only want to access the Internet without cables, then have a look on eBay and go for 802.11b stuff as it's normally cheaper than 802.11g and your network will always be faster than your net connection.
If you're sharing a home network and think you're going to have a lot of traffic, invest in 802.11g kit.
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Andrew
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Yeah i'm gonna go for the G stuff but the card in the laptop needs to be backward comp with B so i can use it at uni to.
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Andrew
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Using one standard ADSL modem at the mo but gonna go wireless so i can use them all at once.
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Joff
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All 802.11g cards will be backwards compatible with b.
D-Link are giving away a free wireless cardbus card with their current all in one router/dsl modem/wireless box of sluts.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=60242#pinfo
Have you got dial-up or ADSL?
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broster
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we have wireless network in our house, belkin 54g stuff, its compaterble(sp) with lots of stuff, i know nout about computers but i can walk to the endo f the garden with my laptop and still get internet
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sigibbons
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just a tip if buying for a desktop pc always buy the usb as it has a cable and can be moved around to find signal. the pci one was useless to me.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by sigibbons
just a tip if buying for a desktop pc always buy the usb as it has a cable and can be moved around to find signal. the pci one was useless to me.
yes this is useful. I have an usb adaptor and i get 80-99% signal between the router whereas old man with his pci gets about 40 odd and he's closer 
Then again, there is more overheads used with USB devices...so if you have a slowish pc then you might notice some drop in performance
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Joff
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Also...
...if you're buying a separate ADSL modem make sure it's an Ethernet and not USB modem.. 
I bought the modem a couple of weeks ago and now I've got the router I realised I can't use the USB modem directly with the router
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Joff
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Even if you have a PCI wireless adaptor you can get an external aerial to get a better signal... depends what's cheap tbh.
If you're buying new, the Buffalo range looks quite funky.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Soory, i'm doing 30 things at once here
The USB PC thingy is a good idea, never thought of that 
It's ADSL modem i am using at the mo connecting to Wanadoo Broadband.
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Joff
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So you could do what I do at the moment and share the Internet connection but have to have the PC with the modem on to get access on all other PC's on the network.
With the router, you can connect directly to that instead without having any other PC on.
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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We have an old PC which shares the internet (and some of my files) to the network. We have a wired network to the desktops, and a wireless to the laptops via an access point (we didn't wanna pay to replace all the wired equipment with wireless).
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