How far does Wireless go?

dhjjessel · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:26

My mum lives on the fourth floor of a building in london and i am renting the ground floor in the same building. i want to use her internet so i am considering setting up a wireless router. Is there one with a stroung enough signal for this distance? is there any way of knowing for sure??

dhjjessel · 3 Jun 2006 at 14:07

how about a crossover cable of some kind?
i could just stick something out the window i suppose. How about usb-ethernet wire? or usb-usb wire?
what would i need to set this up?

dhjjessel · 3 Jun 2006 at 14:42

would this be a suitable router?
US Robotics 4Port 10/100 Broadband Router
can i connect this to the broadband computer via usb or ethernet only?

dhjjessel · 4 Jun 2006 at 17:05

if i have an ethernat card in both my computers, can i just connect a patch cable between them, and then configure windows to share the network>?

dhjjessel · 4 Jun 2006 at 20:09

ok so if my modem plugs into my computer via usb, i can get a router that plugs into the modem instead (via usb) and then plug both computers via ethernet into the router?

dhjjessel · 5 Jun 2006 at 09:27

would the modem/router at the bottom of this page solve all my problems?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_DSL___Cable_Modems_418.html

dhjjessel · 5 Jun 2006 at 12:18

so i buy this and it replaces my onetel fujitsu broadband modem, and also atcs as a router so i can run two computers off it?

dhjjessel · 5 Jun 2006 at 12:30

Phemo said:
No, that's just a modem, not a router. You need to look at this page:

Link

The Netgear DG834 is the only thing that would do the job on that page. Or, if you want a router with wireless, check this page:

Link

Steer clear of any router that states Cable/DSL as these will have ethernet ports only - you want a specific ADSL router which will have an in-built ADSL modem.

i read some reviews on this product and a lot of people seem to have trouble using this router with p2p applications.. says the router crashes after a few hours
are there any other equivalent routers, perhaps a different make, but same function, that u can recommend?

dhjjessel · 5 Jun 2006 at 16:33

a similar modem/router combo

dhjjessel · 6 Jun 2006 at 08:44

MajorPart said:
It might work however having experence for a short while using it between 3 floors, it is very suspetible to everything going on in the floors inbetween. corless phones, microwaves, high current draw equipment, TV's and people moving about. So i doubt it would reliable if it did work.

Cable is the best route tbh.

Never had an issue with Netgear DG834 crashing with P2P. Only heard this with early firmware on V1.

The equivelent would be the Linksys WAG354G BUT the wireless range on this is poor.

if i bought it now would it have the new firmware already installed, or would i have to update it?
is it hard to update firmware?

dhjjessel · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:17

null said:
Yes if you're happy with the other pc having to be on for your internet connection to work, and all the rest that goes with ICS.

what is the rest that goes with ics?