should i go wireless

ABOU · 03-06-2005, 02:47 PM

http://www.freedom2surf.net/adsl/homeuser.php

this is the uk isp i am thinking of chaning to. They now offer 2meg broadband with a 10 gb cap. i already have a usb modem but the computer is in a bad location becaus it needs to be close to the phone line. If i were to upgrad to a wireless Voyager 2100 Wireless Router what sort of distance would this work over and how reliable is wireless ?

Currently i have one pc but will soon be gettign a second.

Also how difficult would it be to get a network up and running i have a good knowlage of computers but have never set up a network

mermaidnol · 03-06-2005, 11:02 PM

i love wireless. ive found that it will disconnect and reconnect quite often, and was a challenge to set up. but im sure its a hell of a lot better than the phone line, and im in a univ area, so i pic up quite a few connects. hope that helped/

deel1981 · 03-07-2005, 10:42 AM

Well folks
I use wireless connection to my ISP for more than a year and I have no problems, only when the weather is realy bad the signal falls, but I am connected to AP that is 4 kilometers away!

All you nead is a good antenna and direct visibility!

And i forgot to mention this - my radio with 24BD antenna is on the roof of the building and is connected with ethernet cable to teh router!

technobeast · 03-07-2005, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by deel1981

Well folks
I use wireless connection to my ISP for more than a year and I have no problems

And I'm connected to deel with another wireless connection for this same time (over a year) and really problems come up rarely. Wireless is a big advantage when you live near someone, and you want to connect, but are not that close to connect with utp,etc
Go wireless

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ABOU Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NORTHERN IRELAND Posts: 460	should i go wireless http://www.freedom2surf.net/adsl/homeuser.php this is the uk isp i am thinking of chaning to. They now offer 2meg broadband with a 10 gb cap. i already have a usb modem but the computer is in a bad location becaus it needs to be close to the phone line. If i were to upgrad to a wireless Voyager 2100 Wireless Router what sort of distance would this work over and how reliable is wireless ? Currently i have one pc but will soon be gettign a second. Also how difficult would it be to get a network up and running i have a good knowlage of computers but have never set up a network Last edited by ABOU; 03-06-2005 at 03:02 PM.

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03-06-2005, 11:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
mermaidnol Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3	i love wireless. ive found that it will disconnect and reconnect quite often, and was a challenge to set up. but im sure its a hell of a lot better than the phone line, and im in a univ area, so i pic up quite a few connects. hope that helped/

03-07-2005, 10:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
deel1981 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 82	Well folks I use wireless connection to my ISP for more than a year and I have no problems, only when the weather is realy bad the signal falls, but I am connected to AP that is 4 kilometers away! All you nead is a good antenna and direct visibility! And i forgot to mention this - my radio with 24BD antenna is on the roof of the building and is connected with ethernet cable to teh router!