or maybe a desk top that does not have a wifi adapter,m although I'm behind on that technology as all of us at the house use laptops and note books and even net books. lol! Can you in theory plug the stick in to a hub if you run out of ports?
Take care. On Jun 17, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the bottom line is that if it's the right one for you then it's the > right one for you. The price shouldn't always be the governing factor. But > it saddens me that the first time somebody mentions a product like this, it's > usually the case that the first response seems to be somebody putting the > cost at the top of their list. When I shop for products like this I look at > the cost as a secondary concern, and the functionality and how it would fit > into our topography as the first. But the point Dane made here is a good > one, that being simplicity and compatibility. Oh yes, Sarah, and remember > that the US model of the Fritz!Stick is obviously going to be configured for > US consumers so it will broadcast and receive within your RF spectrum. > > The reason we considered the option is that we do own 2 of these Fritz!Box > routers. But weighing up the pros and cons, just at the moment we don't have > a need for an external adapter. I have 3 PC's now, all either Netbook or > Notebook variety. Each one of them has Wireless-N and with the exception of > my NetBook, they both have USB3.0. The one reason why I said to Lynne that > it wouldn't really fit our topography at the moment is merely because of the > fact that our NoteBooks only have 4 USB ports on them and, thinking about it, > I seem to remember that my work machine which is an HP Pavilion G6, only has > 3. It seems a little redundant to me to be honest, when they've got internal > adapters which work well. But it's certainly an option for a later time if > we acquire any further machines and if they don't meet the grade as far as > Wi-Fi is concerned. Again though, Sarah is correct that most modern > notebooks and NetBooks come fitted with Wireless-N dual-band adapters. > > But from memory, I believe that the advantage of the Fritz! Stick is its > ability to "Extend" a Wi-Fi network. aS such, and please do correct me if I > am wrong, it can act as a hub for another machine which is certainly not > within the mandate of a bog-standard notebook's capability. > > Kind regards > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > <[email protected]> > > Telephone: > > United Kingdom: Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > > Mobile: > +44 7907 823971 > > Europe and other non-specified: > +44 1642 688095 > > United States Of America And Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > Or: > +1 209 436 9443 > > Vic. Australia: > +61 38 8205930 > Vic. Australia > +61 39 0284505 > > Fax: > +44 1642 365123 > > Follow Us On Twitter: > <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> > > Skype: > <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> > > ------------------------------ > > On 16 Jun 2013, at 21:45, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As far as I'm concerned I don't care how much it is, the amount of time the >> Fritz! Stick saves me in the way of not having to type in Wireless network >> data when connecting Windows machines to my network says it all. > > ======================================= > > To post to this group, please send your message to: > [email protected] > The Windows-Access E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit your personalise subscriber > options page, located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Windows-Access forum at > either of the following websites: > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/windows-access/index.html > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- > > > [email protected] ======================================= To post to this group, please send your message to: [email protected] The Windows-Access E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit your personalise subscriber options page, located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Windows-Access forum at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/windows-access/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- [email protected]
