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Old 11-13-2008, 04:06 PM
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I've got two access points (set to opposite ends of the frequency spectrum) each tasked to different things.

One is set to B/G compatibility mode and operates for guests and my own low bandwidth devices.
Thinkpad T20 - Configured with MPD as a wireless music station
O2 XDA IIs - Handheld remote control
iMate JasJar - Handheld remote control
HTC TyTn II - My phone, but not really done anymore now that I've got a bucket of 3G data.

The other is set to G mode for my personal surfing
Fujitsu P5020 - Bedside light surfing
Fujitsu P1610 - Around the house surfing
Toshiba Portege M200 - Main mobile workhorse

The reason for the split is so that for my own surfing, I get the full advantages of a G only network that isn't hampered by anything else broadcasting. The B/G network is for friends who are over, and older devices that can't go G, and are relatively low bandwidth.
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 04:18 PM
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I've got what can only be described as a mixed network.

Ethernet:
  • Xbox 360
  • Popcorn Hour A-100 media player
Homeplug HD:
  • Main PC
WiFi:
  • Work laptop
  • Netbook
  • Nokia E71
  • iPod touch
  • Nintendo DS
  • Whatever people bring into my house
At one point, I did try to ditch wireless completely (mainly for security reasons) but I found it impossible.

Thankfully my 24Mbit Be Unlimited ADSL2+ connection can handle them all!

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Old 11-13-2008, 04:30 PM
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Default my wireless list

Daily usage:
HP Photosmart C7280 printer
Wii
Linksys Media Extender
my HTC touch diamond
wifes HTC touch diamond
wifes desktop PC
Dell Axim 50

occasional usage:
Other family member laptops and PDAs
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 04:56 PM
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Got the following on my old Linksys WRT54G (running tomato now):
- desktop (xp pro) - the only hard-wired device in the house
- work laptop (xp pro)
- wife's work laptop (xp pro)
- wife's macbook pro (osx)
- print server
- ps3
- tivo
- wife's iphone
- and depending on who else comes over, we end up with up to 5 or 6 more devices (iphones, macbook pros, mac pros, mac minis - in case you hadn't noticed, our friends are mac junkies)

Wish my bjII had wifi - I will not buy another smartphone without it.
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 05:19 PM
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I am almost ashamed to type this post. All of these things could be used on my home network in a given week:

Compaq desktop computer *
Dell Inspiron 530 desktop computer *
Dell Precision 530 workstation *
Dell Precision M90 mobile workstation
Dell E1705 Inspiron laptop *
Nokia N800 *
Sony PSP
2 - nintendo DS
ipod Touch
nintendo Wii
AT&T Tilt *
AT&T 8525
Homebuilt custom integrated CarPC

I think that is all! Of these, the items with an asterisk (*) are used daily.
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 05:41 PM
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I guess I qualify as a very mixed network. The infrastructure:

First floor:
* Main router, WRT54G, with wifi disabled (it's in the wiring closet, no room for antennas)
* Belkin access point, B/G on channel 5, acting as a switch as well
Second floor:
* WRT54G, B/G on channel 8, acting as a switch as well
Third floor:
* WRT54G, B/G on channel 11, acting as a switch as well

The devices:
* 4 personal laptops (me, my wife, two kids) (wired/wireless as needed)
* My daughter's work laptop (wireless)
* Home server (wired)
* 3 iPhones
* 2 iPod Touches
* Wii (wireless)
* XBox 360 (wired)
* PS2 (wired)
* HP PSC2510 printer (wired)
* HP C7180 printer (wired)

I never really listed this all out before. Wow! I do use Network Magic to keep an eye on all of it, especially to see if devices fall offline every now and then.

Chuck
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 07:25 PM
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Talking I thought my setups were bad..

So reading through these posts i thought my setups were large but some of you have quite a bit. My setup is as follows. For both Wireless and Wired. In my neighborhood there are 22 networks available so Wireless sometimes becomes unstable (nice thing is most dont know to change the channel to something other than the default, but thats a different story), hence most is wired.

Wireless: (802.11G Linksys 54G, no need for anything else)
Dell Inspiron 9400
Dell Inspiron 5150
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
Att Tilt 6.1 (Cooked ROM)
Wii
80 GB Zune
(and at any given moment an additional 1-5 friends or family laptops/phones)

Wired: (Linksys Gigabit Ethernet)
Bedroom PC (Built from scratch, gigabit)
Media Room PC (Built from scratch, gigabit)
Office PC for printers and such
PS3
PS2
Xbox
Xbox360
2TB media server (gigabit)
1 Buffalo Gigbit Linkstation
1 Linksys NAS drive (10/100)
2 IP based Security Cameras

Basically at any given time any where from 16 to 25 device IPs being used. Glad to see i'm not the only techie out there overloading the power grids. :-)
 
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Old 11-13-2008, 08:00 PM
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Router: 1 TB Time Capsule

On a daily basis we have:
2 original iPhones (1 deactivated as sort of an iPod Touch+)
1 iPhone 3G
MacBook Pro
Airport Extreme base station (acting as a wireless bridge to the Time Capsule- tried using Airport Express for this but it couldn't handle the load)
occasionally my wife's work Dell laptop (which stays at work most days)

We also have 2 other XP laptops that see daily use, but run over the wired Gigabit ethernet connection even though they are WiFi capable.

I also have any number of old WiFi-enabled WinMo handhelds lying around but they don't see daily use.
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Old 11-14-2008, 02:51 AM
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So, excluding us over at DMT?

1 Desktop
2 Laptops
2 Netbooks
1 Nokia N800
1 Wii
1 Roku Netflix Box
1 DS
1 PSP
1 Zune 30
 
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Old 11-14-2008, 03:05 AM
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me:
MSI Wind
HTC TyTN II
HTC S730

bro:
Apple iPod Touch

sis #1:
MSI M645
Nokia N95

sis #2:
Lenovo Thinkpad [work notebook]

sis #3:
MSI notebook

mom:
Apple Macbook

dad:
Nokia N95 8Gb
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