I am looking at getting a router so that I can finally use my laptop in other parts of my apartment. I have an Intel n-compliant card, but am wondering if I really need to spend the money on an draft-n router since the standard isn't set yet. I have an 8Mbps cable connection at home, but I rarely game online and my apartment is relatively compact. Should I go with a g router until n is finalized or spend a bit more on an n router now? Following up with that, what is a good value on a router at the speed you suggest? Thanks to all in advance.
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Spend some time and review the tons of similar posts. There is a wealth of info on this board - I'm certain after you review a few hundred posts you'll have a great starting point.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
If you do not have large files to move between multiple computers the 11g will more than suite your needs.
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I suggest getting N now, I have a D-Link DIR-655 and I don't transfer big files, it gives me a nice speed increase over my old Super G and Regular G. I suggest the DIR-655 from D-link. Its what I have and I like it.
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When you get it, just make sure to encrypt the wifi with wep or wpa. Otherwise you will have a lot of neighbors trying to steal your bandwidth.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
DO NOT USE WEP, it not security. Teenangers see WEP as a target. USE WPA(2) Personal AES with a min of 20 all printable chr, random generated. Set it up right the first time and be through with it. I use the random generators from www.grc.com, just copy to notepad for further use. If you don't want to use the full 63 chr, just select a portion. What ever you use save the string so if family and friends come over you can get them connected. These string are so random I recommend only using copy and paste to get it right. Eliminates a place for error. A string with all printable chr, 20 chr long will take 24+ years to crack at 100k/sec brute force. So I would say it a safe bet you only need 20 chr.
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A bit off topic....but Stunner is there a program to see who is on your wireless ..any unauthorized users??? Would it be in the router's logs?? Tia...
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
If your using DHCP it will showup on the log, static's do not. A lot of routers have a page that shows who connected via wireless.
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cool..thanks for the info.....
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Update: Thanks to everyone's suggestions on here. I ended up getting a cheap G router for my home network and have not as yet uncovered any sort of problems and have plenty of bandwidth to do what I want to do.
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also, if you enter the router setup, it will show in a few diff places, in most routers, who is connected at any point in time -
Awesome...thanks for the info...cheers!
home netowrking/router suggestions
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by madbomber263, Mar 22, 2008.