fluffy bananachunks wrote: >Beth F wrote: > > > >>I am confused as to what to buy for my new wireless setup at home >> >>I obviously need an access point. >> >>Do I then need a card for each computer on the network? If I just buy the same >brand of wireless card, will this do? >> >>Whats a PCI card? >> >>I obviously need a patch cable from modem to access point. Do I need any other >cables? >> >> oops, all this got lost for some reason:
we just had the pleasure of blowing a wad on that stuff, and we love it. we bought a linksys ap with 4 port router, 3 linksys pcmcia (laptop) cards, 1 linksys pci (workstation) card, and 1 d-link pci (workstation) card still have 3 computers to go, but we ran outta $$$ ;P Yes, you need an access point, unless you just wanna connect the computers (with what they call AdHoc). Modem? Cable, dsl? Should go right into the access point. As Kevin said, very easy to set up (for windows 2k/XP at least). Still haven't tried getting my linux stuff on yet. All of our stuff is linksys 'cept for the one d-link card. As long as we get 802.11b compatible, I believe we are set, whatever the brand. What was really fun was when the gf's computer asked 'What network do you want to join' and listed ours, and one other (we live in an apt.) - lol. That's when i decided it was a good time to turn 128 encryption on, and limit the ap by mac address.... =D ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
