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    What wireless product am I looking for?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by brainpicker, Feb 28, 2005.

  1. brainpicker

    brainpicker Newbie

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    This is my first post here, though I've lurked for a few months before deciding to make my latest notebook purchase (IBM T42). Y'all were very helpfull and lead me to ask myself all the right questions before making that big investment.

    My notebook arrived today and now I want to purchase ONE product that will allow me to wirelessly hook into my existing wired network at home (nothing special, just 2 desktops and a cable modem wired through a router), but the product should be portable enough that when I travel I could take it with me to use in a hotel room or other facility that offers me wireless internet access. I'm not a thrifty person looking to take shortcuts (I'll pay what I need to to get a quality product), but I don't travel often enough to justify making 2 separate purchases if that isn't necessary. Most of the "recommended" wireless travel routers (Netgear, 3com, SMC) don't seem to include a wired LAN port (unless I'm not reading their literature correctly). Is there a product that will meet my needs AND offer the quality that I desire? If not, I will purchase both a wireless router for home and another for travel (and accept your recommendations for those instead if you have experiences you'd like to share).

    Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

    brainpicker
     
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Possibly you could plug the travel router into the regular router when you are at home. Then carry it with you when you are not. The travel router would get its ip settings from the home router. Good Luck.






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    hey brainpicker,
    i had similar plans like you i.e. to use a travel router at home and hotel rooms.
    but the travel router would not work at home as a stand alone router as it has no wired lan port.
    you need a main wire or wireless router at home to connect your travel router so you have to buy both of them and then take the travel router on your holidays
    travel routers cost $59 on www.newegg.com so you might combine it with a $29 'b' router to make a economical combination.





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