Hi there am a real novice trying to set up network in our flat that we
share , there are 3 computers i have an athlon 64amd basic thing i got
about 6 months ago , does my computer need to have speacial requirments to
be on a wireless network.
There are three of us who want to share the same internet account , i have
heard tiscali is good , i dont know which router to get .do all routers
share the interent in proportion to the spped say if 2mbs does it split
three ways
Which router is the best and whats the best way to go about setting up some
thing liek this .If anyone could help us we would be really happy as we
have been scratching are heads on how to set this up
Factors to consider are distance and file transfers. If it's a small
apartment, a G wireless router should do fine. If going through a couple
of walls and a greater distance the new N or preN (MIMO) routers are
terrific.
Linksys does a great job. For simple G wireless connectivity, a Linksys
WRT54G is good, if you transfer files or stream video/music, then the
WRT54GS would be better.
But, the best is the Linksys MIMO router.
All 3 of you can connect to the router, either by Cat 5 cable or wireless.
You could place one computer beside the router and connect by Cat 5 cable,
while the other computers could connect wirelessly if they have either
built in wireless card or an external plug in wireless adapter. If buying
adapters buy the same make (Linksys) as the router, should you need to call
tech support. That way, they can't blame the problem on the other
manufacturer's hardware.
Then run the windows wireless network wizard on each machine. I assume
you're running XP (you didn't give any information at all about your setup)
