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    Need Your Advise on Wireless.....

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Rowe, Jan 30, 2007.

  1. Rowe

    Rowe Notebook Enthusiast

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    What wireless components and/or external accessories are required with a laptop to carry out these specific tasks?
    1) Transfer data to/from a Palm PDA that has Bluetooth. Is it better for laptop to have Bluetooth on board or will a Usb dongle do just as well?
    2) Send files to print - (printers do not have network cards).
    3) Access cable TV/Internet from a Motorola digital modem.
    4) Transmit music files to A/V reciever.
    5) Transmit photos to a TV.

    Any advise you can offer is much appreciated!
     
    Rowe, Jan 30, 2007
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  2. otakuoverlord

    otakuoverlord Notebook Evangelist

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    1) Transfer data to/from a Palm PDA that has Bluetooth. Is it better for laptop to have Bluetooth on board or will a Usb dongle do just as well?
    --Either way is fine, onboard will mean one less thing to lose/have to plug in/have sticking out and will probably use less power when on battery.

    2) Send files to print - (printers do not have network cards).
    A long USB cable or wireless print server ($75-125) like this one

    3) Access cable TV/Internet from a Motorola digital modem.
    Slingbox! Slingbox! SLINGBOX! the greatest invention for digital couch potatoes since the TiVo

    4) Transmit music files to A/V reciever.
    Something like this guy here would work pretty well.

    5) Transmit photos to a TV.
    A set-top photo viewer or just hooking your laptop up to the TV via S-video would work. Not sure of any wireless viewers though.

    Hope that gives you some ideas, and good luck!
     
    otakuoverlord, Jan 30, 2007
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  3. BENDER

    BENDER EX-NBR member :'(

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    1. USB dongle or internal, both gets the job done. One is inside your laptop while the other monopolises a usb port. Most decent laptops come with internal bluetooth anyway.
    2. USB or the obsolete parallel cable
    3, 4 & 5 as stated by otakuoverlord
     
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  4. Rowe

    Rowe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great Info! Much Thanks!!
    1) Yes, Bluetooth 'on board'.
    2) Printer at home - USB will do it.
    Printer at office - it's hooked to a desktop in another room, 15 feet away (only interior walls with drywall), not practical to run a cable. I'm the sole user. Will a low-cost 1-port router/server do the job?
    3) Slingbox - Why not?
    4) DLink Digital Music Player - first I heard of it! I could have 'loads of fun' with this!! I 'struck gold' on this post!
    5) The S-video will be fine.

    Incidently, how do you guys 'embed links' in your posts?
     
    Rowe, Jan 31, 2007
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  5. BigV

    BigV Notebook Deity

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    [ url="http://your.url.com" ]this is my linky text[ /url ]

    I've added extra spaces between the square brackets so that it shows up correctly
     
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  6. otakuoverlord

    otakuoverlord Notebook Evangelist

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    There was another streaming media player, it was a black tube with a brilliant screen... Roka/Roxa/Roxo/Something... Very nice but I CANNOT find it anywhere to show it to you. Driving me nuts, I can't find it...

    EDIT:
    HERE IT IS!

    I love this one. In person it is stunning, looks fantastic anywhere you put it.
     
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  7. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Some printer have a IR port so you can send your palm files that way. Or do it when docked.
     
    blue68f100, Jan 31, 2007
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  8. Rowe

    Rowe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Blue68f100 - your reference to 'docked' (I grew up on one) put a new spin on the task at hand. Why not reverse the plan and 'bring the printer to the laptop'. The large all-in-one in the other room serves too many purposes where it is; fax reciever, use by transcriptionist, etc. I'll get a single function laser for my office; 'docked' right where the laptop needs it!.
     
    Rowe, Feb 3, 2007
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