12-20-2004, 12:45 AM
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Do You Have Broadband And A Wireless Network At Home
I was wondering how many of our readers have broadband connections and how many have wireless LANs. I guess one could have a wireless LAN that accesses the internet via a shared modem connection. Ewww... that would be brutal! 8O
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12-20-2004, 12:52 AM
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Intellectual
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I have Broadband and 802.11b. I remember I used to have a connection where a modem had to dial out to send data, but it recieved through our Satellite... (It isn't really a Satellite, it recieves the waves from the CN Tower :?)
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12-20-2004, 12:54 AM
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Thinker
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That would be brutal. When we first got married, I lived in a condo in a neighborhood where the cable company had no plans to EVER provide cable modems, and I was more than 20,000 feet from a switching station, so no DSL at all. Even with a 56k modem, I was lucky to get dial up connections at 28k. We ran the Internet Connection Sharing with that. It wasn't a whole lot of fun at all.
I bought a wireless router in the hopes of using my laptop wirelessly. It turns out that a PII 233 laptop is apparently not going to work with it, or the PCMCIA cards just can't get the signal. Not sure what. But it paid off because my wife wanted to move her comptuer downstairs, so I bought her a wireless USB thing, and now thanks to wireless she can still access the internet and I have the upstairs computer room all to myself. My router is only and 802.1b, but that's because I didn't pay much attention to wireless stuff and bought impulsively.
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12-20-2004, 12:57 AM
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Philosopher
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"I call Jason and he reads the lastest PPC Thoughts posts to me over the phone."
Is that another benefit to being a subscriber?
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12-20-2004, 12:57 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Ed -- when I first got WLAN, we did share it over a modem. The ORiNOCO RG-1000 had a built-in modem, and yes, it was brutal -- but cool nevertheless.
What I want to know is how people are voting for "No Internet Connection". Does it mean they call Jason and ask him to vote for them repeatedly? :lol:
--janak
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12-20-2004, 12:59 AM
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We could even launch an entire discussion on "what is broadband?"
My cousin in the UK started with a 4 MB pipe that will soon be at 16 MB at no extra cost as his ISP upgrades services.
In Australia, the story is quite differnt with 256K being considered broadband with most domestic connections limited to a max of 1.5 MB - but to get that you generally need to pay a premium. Personally, I have a cable connection that is uncapped for download speed but rarely performs better that 1 MB and a 12 GB download limit before shaping slows the connection down.
Even though there are now $20 AUD broadband deals around, these use ADSL (a technology that I don't particularly like) and have pitiful 200 MB or 300 MB usage limits with extra MB or GB priced a ludicrous prices.
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12-20-2004, 12:59 AM
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This morning, I would have answered 802.11 b, but around 10 AM, my router went dead. Luckily, CompUSA was having a great sale today, so I got a new Motorola g router and g PC card for $9.99 each after rebate. Plus, my newer laptop already had g built in, so I was able to switch over to all g and get the speed advantage.
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12-20-2004, 01:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by emuelle1
My router is only and 802.1b, but that's because I didn't pay much attention to wireless stuff and bought impulsively.
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It's worth pointing out that 802.11b is more than suffficient to share any home broadband connection. 802.11b delivers about 6-8mbps practically, which is more than most non-fiber consumer Internet access solutions (roughly max 2-3mbps) anyway. 802.11g is better if you need file sharing, etc., and 802.11a is similar to g but is also useful if the 2.4GHz band is extremely crowded in your area.
--janak
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12-20-2004, 01:09 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2004
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i have cable and also a 800.11b
and they work perfect. the cable connection gives me more than 1.3 mega p. second real to download and with the wifi i can be 30 meters from the roter 1 floor down and be connected and download at 500kb per second without any problem. i have a belkin 4 prots router and i don't think i need more that that. i'm really happy. i use the desktop and the wifi i have cause i had an h4150 with wify and the i sold it on ebay. my friends have fun when they come home and connect the laptop the the wifi connection. the are impressed cause they think they have the best connection on the world, :lol: . what i have i feel happy with it and i do not see the necesity to change to the g router type. but i'll see when i'll replace my desktop for a laptop, thing i don't think i'll do by now cause this thing is really covering my neccesity and will do it for the next year for shure.
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12-20-2004, 01:09 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Mixed AP's
I have both b and g access points. My internet service is provided by my cable co. and the cable modem is located in my basement in a wiring closet. There, I also have my 8 port router feeding 8 ethernet ports throughout the house. I have a 802.11b AP in the family room (first floor) that services the older laptops that my kids use and a 802.11g up on the second floor in my bedroom that is used by both me and my wife on my Sony TR3A and her Mac Powerbook 12in.
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