Re: new to wireless
- From: "Eric" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:34:58 GMT
"Ami" wrote in messaget...
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What concerns me more than noodling around, is the fact that I have heard
that the d-link wireless routers are squirrely. If I hook it up this way,
the disconnects, a potential lemon router ( I went through three faulty
routers, so I know it happens), and any problems with the wireless, would
affect my currently wired computer as well as my notebook, right?
Nah, as Duane already pointed out, all the consumer wireless stuff out there
can be "squirrely".
Really, with the consumer stuff ($100 plastic boxes), it tends to be
specific models that are more "squirrely" than others, not brand. Its not
hard to find people who had bad experiences with DLink or Linksys, jumping
around and screaming that they will "never buy from brand X again". The
"other brand always works better". Really, all the consumer stuff is pretty
much the same, anyway. D-Link and Linksys just box components, much of
which come from the same source. It is all "junk", but it is "junk that
works" for simple home networks. :^)
I mainly use DLink "junk" and have no complaints. Also have a Linksys
WRT54GS (V2.0) piece of "junk" that I play around with. My DLink stuff goes
months without being physically touched, and even then it is usually just a
dusting. One of the DLink wireless routers has been running continuously
since early 2003. Other WAP's have been running straight for about a year
and a half. I even one WAP (running as a repeater) that I waterproofed,
hardened, and have running continuously outside in a little birdhouse!
Trenched the power line (DC) going out the birdhouse and have it running up
the hollow pipe supporting the house. The only thing visible are the two
antennas sticking out of the roof of the birdhouse. Ran a little six inch
CAT5 cable I made from it's WAN port to the bottom of the house, should I
ever needed to go out and reconfig it with a laptop. Its been running
continuously for about eight months now. Its been rained on, snowed on,
ect, and still going strong. I'm sure condensation probably builds up on
the components, even though I waterproofed it, but don't care -- I plan on
burning it until it dies.
If my DLink router that has been running since 2003 would die tomorrow, I
couldn't care less. At this point, its disposable, and it dying would just
mean the opportunity to get something new. Total running time versus cost
would only come out to something like 15 cents a day. Had I bought a Cisco
wireless router, at four times the cost, sure it may last longer but that
just means you are "stuck" with it for a decade or whatnot.
If I went with the WAP, my wired desktop stays hooked to the dsl modem, in
its current state and any problems in the wireless department would be
confined to the notebook.
If I am wrong in this distinction, please correct me!
You are right.
Thanks for the hook up though, it doesn't sound too hard. I got thed-link
router for free, so no harm done.
Can't beat anything free. Just do what Duane told you, plug your DSL router
into one of the DLink's LAN (not WAN) ports and make sure the D-Link's DHCP
is disabled. DHCP will come from the DSL router. I said in my previous
posts to use the DLink's DHCP, but his suggestion to use the DSL router's
DHCP (and using the DLink as only a WAP), would be easier. The "router
function" of the DLink may come in hand down the road, if you want to setup
a second network or something.
.
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