What speed Router

wiggyuk · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:21

I want to connect my laptop to my PC my laptop is wireless, I assume all I need is a wireless router to do this am I right ? and if so what speed do I need ?

Uhtred · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:22

depends, what kind of things will you be using it for? web surfing? large file transfer to other computers on your network?

tolien · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:28

Did you really need to keep asking again and again and again, like this thread, here, and here?

You don't even need a wireless router, a wireless card for the PC would do. Speed depends entirely on how much you want to pay and what you intend doing with it.

wiggyuk · 22 Mar 2006 at 07:41

tolien said:
Did you really need to keep asking again and again and again, like this thread, here, and here?

You don't even need a wireless router, a wireless card for the PC would do. Speed depends entirely on how much you want to pay and what you intend doing with it.

I asked several times because I was not getting a answer, I want to use my PC as the server and my laptop to connect to the PC wireless I will be using the laptop to connect to the PC through remote desktop for surfing the net and playing football manager online I wont be transfering huge files between the PC and laptop its just to connect to the PC through terminal server, so what do I need

tolien · 22 Mar 2006 at 11:23

wiggyuk said:
I asked several times because I was not getting a answer

Patience is a virtue.

I want to use my PC as the server and my laptop to connect to the PC wireless

So? That'll work with adhoc...

I will be using the laptop to connect to the PC through remote desktop for surfing the net

Er, remote desktop for internet access?
Use ICS...

and playing football manager online I wont be transfering huge files between the PC and laptop its just to connect to the PC through terminal server, so what do I need

802.11g would likely be plenty...

wiggyuk · 22 Mar 2006 at 20:16

tolien said:
Patience is a virtue.

So? That'll work with adhoc...

Er, remote desktop for internet access?
Use ICS...

802.11g would likely be plenty...

Ok didnt really understand none of that apart from remote desktop

Burbleflop · 22 Mar 2006 at 20:28

wiggyuk said:
Ok didnt really understand none of that apart from remote desktop

tolien said:
Patience is a virtue.

Pretty obvious that you don't understand that.....

tolien said:
So? That'll work with adhoc...

Adhoc wireless network = network between two wireless networks cards, no access point in the equation. Google is your friend here.

tolien said:
Er, remote desktop for internet access?
Use ICS...

Why would you use remote desktop to access the internet? If you ran ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on the PC that is connected to the internet then the laptop can get onto the net through the PC.

tolien said:
802.11g would likely be plenty...

802.11g is a wireless networking standard which gives (in theory) upto 54Mbit/sec throughput. For internet access that'll be more than sufficient since your internet connection is going to be significantly less than 54Mbit.

wiggyuk · 22 Mar 2006 at 21:05

ok cheers, any recomendations on a wirless router ?

Burbleflop · 22 Mar 2006 at 21:06

Do you have a cable modem or ADSL? Linksys WRT54GS if you've got cable, Netgear DG834G (not GT) if you've got ADSL.

wiggyuk · 22 Mar 2006 at 22:06

Burberryflop said:
Do you have a cable modem or ADSL? Linksys WRT54GS if you've got cable, Netgear DG834G (not GT) if you've got ADSL.

I have cable

ultim · 22 Mar 2006 at 22:35

i just bought a WRT54GS for my ntl connections, works great.
btw the sales woman from shop said the router doesnt work with bt. dunno why.

tolien · 22 Mar 2006 at 23:05

ultim said:
btw the sales woman from shop said the router doesnt work with bt. dunno why.

No ADSL modem. It'll work, you'd just need to hook an ethernet ADSL modem to the WAN port.