Hi Here's the scenario. I presently have an internet hi-speed cable hook up in my office upstairs. I am also running a laptop off of this through a Link SYS Wireless-B 2.4GHz 802.11b broadband router. The internet and my PC are hooked up to this router, obviously. I also have in my possession...

I want to set up my laptop for wireless. It would be great to have the printer located at the router. I have no other computer. Is there a good, reasonable, 802.11g combo wireless router and printserver? Reviews of the only one I found (SMC) are really bad.

I am using a wired LAN now and want to convert to wireless so my children can use my network from their laptops when they visit. This seems to be something they really want to be able to do so they can do business here as they do at home. New world for me. Anyway, I would like to know: 1)...

I am placing my wireless pc about 15' away from the source. It will need to go through 3 walls at that distance (frame house). Is it likely to work?

Is there any way to improve the range of a wireless card? I have a desktop PC and a laptop, both have wireless network cards and are talking to the same wireless broadband router in another room about 8m away, through 2 internal walls. With the 2 computers sitting side-by-side, the laptop PCMCIA...

I just got a wireless router, and I have a question. Is there any way to have a wireless network that is essentially hidden? (so that it doesn't show up when some average user lists the networks in the area).

I just got a wireless router, and I have a question. Is there any way to have a wireless network that is essentially hidden? (so that it doesn't show up when some average user lists the networks in the area).

I have a wireless router, 2 desktops conected by cable and a notebook by wireless. The notebook only detect the wireless lan, when i have both desktops power on. What can be ? I have the configuration router to use DHCP, windows xp on the 2 desktops and windows vista in the notebook. Thanks.

My neighbor has a laptop which uses the internet thru a cable modem coupled to a wireless router. What hardware/software do I need to use the same router. The distance between the 2 computers is about 25 meters.

Does anybody know about NetGear 802.11b CBL/DSL Router? I found it on dabs.co.uk but I'm not sure if that's what I need. It says in the description that it has NAT firewall (which is what I want). Looks to me it has a built-in access point for wireless LAN and a UTP socket for internet (or...

Ok. I have setup the wireless router with 128-bit encryption and entered a 26 char key. The authentication mode is "shared". From my windows xp laptop I am able to connect to the internet through this router. Q. I did not enter the 26-char key on the laptop. This encryption ensures that no one can...

Does any manufacturer make a Wireless/Router/Dsl modem combination? I believe Zoom has a Router/Modem combination but it does not have wireless. I would simply like to have the convenience of just one box. I've to many cables and power adapters as it is. Thank you.

I'm going to set up a wireless router that also will support four computers on wired ports. Will the wired computers be vulnerable to drive-by snoopers etc. if I don't activate the wireless encryption? Just wondering as I'll probably use the security features in any case. Thanks.

I plan to purchase a wireless router or bridge or whatever I don't know what a bridge is. Maybe it is a switch? I have a dsl modem. I want to directly connect the wireless router or bridge to the dsl modem. All my pcs are wireless enabled and have wireless nic cards. Do you think a wireless...

I do want to buy a certain laptop, it has everything on I want, except a modem. The saleslady told me I would need a wireless router to make it work with my regular slow phone line. I never came across this problem and just wanted to make sure if this is the way to go about before I buy it, because...

Is there a lot of difference in the effectiveness of wireless routers? My only obvious use for wireless would be either to use the laptop out on the deck or upstairs while in bed. Would a wireless router be likely to be marginal in such "through the wall" or "through the floor" situations...

Hi For somebody who wants to increase the range of the wireless radio signal, just try to attach a chips pringle's tube (just a half of the tube, in order to make a U) into the router's antenna. Hope this helps someone

Just out of curiosity, are there off-the-shelf devices that let you sniff wireless packets?

Is there a free downloadable bit of software to test the actual transfer speeds of a wireless connection? I want to know if my 11Mbs 802.11b connection is fast enough for me to use the full 8MB of my broadband connection, or whether I should upgrade to 802.11g (54Mb) or even 802.11n (?)....

All of a sudden the connection speeds are jumping around from 1.0 Mbps to 54 Mbps. The router is brand new and the other computers on the network are fine. Is this a symptom of the wireless PCI card going bad? The card is a Belkin F5D7000 and I've been basically downloading non-stop for 2...