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Can desktop act as "wireless" router?
Rather than buying a stand alone wireless router....can
a person just configure his desktop with wireless card to ACT as a wireless "router" and save some desk space if short on space? |
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Can desktop act as "wireless" router?
Grinder wrote:
Hardly seems worth the effort when you can get a small wireless router for $25 that need not sit on top of your desk in order to do the job. Live in a one room apartment.... very cramped for space! |
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Grinder wrote:
Do you have a drop ceiling? Put it up there, or on top of a bookshelf, or under the desk? I live in a VERY small one room efficiency apartment and trying to keep clutter down (extra wires, devices, etc). I am graduate student as well so cost is issue too I don't have a desktop at the moment but thinking of buying one and using it as a wireless router for my laptop as well.... so the desktop would have a direct WIRED connection from the cable company INTO the unit.... and the relay wireless signals to/fro my laptop via the wireless card IN the desktop....yes? The desktop would be leaved ON all the time and act as an "entertainment" center for me.... music, iTunes, netflix ....as well as having more horsepower for some of the app's that don't run well on my laptop I just didn't want to buy a stand alone router if not needed...just more clutter for me but I may be missing something.... is using a desktop in this manner just as good as any stand alone wireless router... or do the routers have some advantage I'm not seeing given my example above? |
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Can desktop act as "wireless" router?
John wrote:
You can buy a cable modem that will also broadcast WIFI from the cable company. That might be a solution.. |
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Can desktop act as "wireless" router?
Grinder wrote:
At a minimum, having a standalone router would eliminate the need for the desktop to be always up, making heat and noise, just for your net connection. I see that you intend run that PC 24-7 anyhow, but having a small, dedicated device seems to be very efficient. Also, I'm not sure how many connections you can have through a single wireless card on the PC. The router can have many connections as you would ever need. If you want a third device on the network, you'll have to do more setup to make that happen, if it's even possible. well I did NOT say it was a good idea.... only hat it was something I wanted to "consider" It now sounds like a good wireless router makes better sense given that... WHICH wireless router to buy for streaming Netflix and such? |
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