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Okay.
looking at a wireless network for my house.
The new 802.11g spec and 820.11b run at 6.4GHz, the same freq as
several of our cordless phones.
What kind of interference can I expect?
Anyone experience any problems with this sort of thing?
ALSO,
Does anyone use a wireless lan with a usb connection to the reciever form the PC, instead of a pci card?
Does this create a bottleneck of any sort, or is perfomance largely the same as a PCI connection?
i'd bet that my neighbors have 2.4g phones, but it is rare that I get any interference. the wireless lan is nearly always up. I think that the usb would not be any problem. the microwave is also on the same frequency, and I know that it doesn't cause problems, and its right in the next room.
usb is fastter than 802.11b, as it is 11mbs
screw it, no way I'm crawling around under my house for this.
wireless it is.
wireless is good, plus it may pay for itself if you have neighbors that still use dial-up for $20/month. They'd prolly gladly pay something around that amount to be connected 24/7 !
Wireless can be a pain. I get a signal of 40% - 50% on mine :cry:
What does that mean?
40-50% of the time it don't work?
or your signal is weak and you just can't compute from accross the street?
Is it noticeably slower?
It means it'll be slightly slower (for things like transfering files, the internet should be fine).
It may disconnect occasionally, but only for a second or 2.
Bodwad, i had a similar problem ('very poor' connection constantly), i upgraded the drivers and now get 'Excellent'. If you havn't got the latest drivers i suggest upgrading.
Anyone have any good links for securing this wireless B*TCH down?
My friend had his neighbor sucking up his bandwidth.
I don't expect any troubles from my little old lady neighbors, but still...
They are the sneaky ones, ain't they?
use encryption on the router if you have it.
even the older ones usually have WEP.
make a key, and then users need that key to use the signal.
You can change the channels, which solves the problem. I have a phone that interferes, and if you don't change the channel, obviously, you're going to be disconnected while the phone is using that channel.Quote:
Originally posted by JPicasso
Okay.
looking at a wireless network for my house.
The new 802.11g spec and 820.11b run at 6.4GHz, the same freq as
several of our cordless phones.
What kind of interference can I expect?
Anyone experience any problems with this sort of thing?
Yes, I have used a USB Connection reciever. I havn't noticed any differences....Quote:
ALSO,
Does anyone use a wireless lan with a usb connection to the reciever form the PC, instead of a pci card?
Does this create a bottleneck of any sort, or is perfomance largely the same as a PCI connection?
Anything else? I'm glad to help,
alacritous
most phones automatically scan for open channel. they don't re-assign when a LAN is detected. Neither does my router. It is rare that I can't connect. Not sure what causes it, but all goes well in a few minutes, or else a re-boot solves things.
:D
Dont buy netgear thats what I have got. bought two pci cards and had to send them back because they didnt work. Very bad in my opinion :)
Yeah, personally, I go for Linksys. I have set up Netgear for a friend, and it is a lot more complicated that Linksys. Don't get me wrong though, none of them are complicated, in my opinion.
Although, I have had trouble with the Wireless Gaming Adapater. It might have been my fault for keeping the power adapter plugged in forever, though.
Alacritous