Hi, Peggy: Yes, you do need DSL to go wireless. You can also have DSL now, except you need the Ethernet card. Right now, it is the Ethernet card with the wire attached.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Peggy Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:31:44 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 80211.b vs. 80211.g >So to have a wireless network, do you have to have dsl? >Peggy >At 03:48 AM 6/30/2004 -0700, you wrote: >>Hello List: >>I don't know if this will help, but I just went through a crash course in >>wireless when I set up my apartment and home network for wireless. If this >>gets to geeky, I'm sorry. Write to me on or off list and I'll try to >>clarify any foggy points. >>It's primarily a difference of frequency, distance or range and speed. The >>802 11.B standard runs in the 900 plus megahertz range. and will handle data >>up to, I believe 5 megabits per second. The 802 11.g standard networks run >>in the 2.4 gigahertz range and will support speeds of up to 54 megabits per >>second. This simply means that there are more channels on the 802 11.g >>system for data to cross at much faster rates. Also with the 802 11.g >>standard more data encryption options were offered. The 802 11.g also >>offers longer distances (about 2 to 3 times) the distance between the >>wireless computer or BrailleNote and the base station also known as a >>wireless router or wi-Fi point (sorry about the spelling on that one). . >>With the 802 11.b standard, I think the distance is about 100 to 200 feet >>depending on how many walls and other obstacles the signal has to go >>through. With the 802 11.g signal, the distance is more like 300 to 400 >>feet. >> For the average user (those of us who are not gamers), very little >>difference will be noticed in working on the lower standard. The speed is >>(for most intents and purposes) the same, and you'll get all the benefits >>of wireless at about two thirds the cost. The only real problem I noticed >>with the 802 11.b standard was a matter of interference. Remember, that an >>apartment building is a very closed in box with lots of room for other >>signals to bounce around and cause trouble. In my case, when I tried the 802 >>11.b system, anytime someone in a nearby apartment turned on a wireless baby >>monitor or picked up an older wireless phone (900 mhz), my signal strength >>cut in half and sometimes dropped off all together. This DOES NOT mean the >>802 11.b is a bad system to work with, it just means that you have to >>consider your neighbors and how close they are. I have several friends with >>very successful 802 11.b networks in their homes. >>The good news is that wireless upgrading is well worth it. I do much of my >>email correspondence while sitting at a picnic table in the back yard >>about 200 feet from my office and it's just like I was plugged straight into >>the modem. My friend who lives in the apartment next door to me often >>shares my wireless signal for her internet hopping. And, just for >>clarification purposes, I use an 802 11.g network which will also work with >>802 11.b systems like the new wireless braillenote option being offered >>soon. I can tell you that, just for the wireless connectivity alone, I'll >>be forking over my credit card to purchase the 6.1 upgrade. Wireless is >>that much fun. Although, my poor laptop may finally be put out of >>service...... >>Hope this helps some of you who were questioning how wireless works and the >>difference in standards. For the rest of you, who already know most of this >>stuff, I'm sorry for the lengthy note, please disregard. >>Jeff Molzow >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac >MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
