Im going to post this up and look thru it tonight when I get to work as I plan to buy the equipment I need to use my notebook wirelessly in my house so I dont have to share my desktops wired connection and can actually make use of the whole reason to have a notebook... some mobile freedom.
I have a wired router already setup (infact 2) and all the houses desktops will remain on that wired setup. So I just need something I can plug into one of those routers for wireless. It will go thru the current router and all of its settings, I dont know alot about wireless security but I think that once I have my wireless up and going I can just turn off its broadcast feature and not worry about much else.
It can be a AP, or a Router. It doesn't matter. I hear AP are generally better in quality but the house isnt big and it wont be far away.
Id also prefer draft N support if possible, but im sure G is just fine.
My ISP is fiber optic 15mb/s down 2mb/s up fyi.
something near 50$ sounds about right, if I can do cheaper thats great, if something cost more but comes with a great benefit of the extra money spent still suggest it and tell me why.
Newegg will be a good place to buy from, as I will buy my hdmi cable at the same time. I'll need one of those to hook it to my hdtv.
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ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer
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Circuit city has the Buffalo WHR-G125 and the WHR-G54S (both wireless G) on sale, each for $25 after rebates. Both have good reviews from Newegg.
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If you do get a router, you should be able to turn off the DHCP server inside. That will basically turn it into an AP so that you don't have another router running.
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ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer
thanks redzapper, circute city is just as good as newegg since I can just get it local and not pay chiping, I have comusa's and bestbuys local too. just not often is retail cheaper than e-tailor.
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Outpost has the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 MIMO router for $49.99 and free shipping. You can set it work as an access point through your wired network. It's also very highly recommended at Newegg. You might compare the WHR-HP-G54 and WHR-G54S to see which one you need.
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ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer
looking at it now Ag76, MIMO is a good feature to have from what I know so that will probably be the one I get. Lower latency if I recall correctly and permits better speeds in general.
edit: went ahead and got it, its right there up with my 50$ budget and I dont like the hassle of rebates anyways.
Need a cheap wireless router/ap
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ViciousXUSMC, Jul 3, 2007.