Re: Choice of wireless adapter: Netgear or Linksys, USB or PCI, security?
- From: johnny <johnny@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:01:26 GMT
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:29:34 -0400, wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just moved into a new place and I now need to integrate my networking
> with my new housemates (previously, I just had a Linksys wireless router
> for myself).
>
> They already have a Netgear wireless 4-port router (haven't looked to
> see what model), located on the 1st floor. I have a desktop on the third
> floor, which would obviously make a wired connection a royal pain. I've
> already connected my laptop to the router, and was surprised to find
> that the signal was pretty strong at my computer desk on the 3rd floor.
> So it seems that purchasing a wireless adpater is the way to go.
>
> Several questions:
> 1) Linksys or Netgear? Any advantages/disadvantages to using the same
> brand as the router?
I was having a lot of trouble with Netgear and switched to Linksys.
Linksys is holding up pretty good so far but I did have a problem with the
utility program for my Linksys PC card running on XP Pro on a ThinkPad T41
- the XP Pro wireless utility program was much more stable.
> 2) USB or PCI? I'll have to confirm whether I have USB 2.0 but reviews
> on the wireless USB routers I've seen seem to consistently report heat
> issues, which will certainly be exascerbated in my 3rd floor room since
> it is summer here, and A/C is lacking. Do I gain anything is using PCI?
I would say that PCI has better throughput.
> 3) As an aside, my housemates do not have WEP enabled but do have an
> approved MAC address list. They have changed the default router password
> to a non-trivial one. Is this suffcient security for general use or
> should I tell them to enable WEP anyway?
WEP is considered broken but it's better than nothing. I would recommend
using it but you should change the WEP key routinely. But, if you have WPA
capable devices that would be a much better way to go.
> TIA,
> -Mark
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