This speed really only affects your internal, local area network (not the speed at which you'll browse the internet, but at which you'll be able to share files from your other computers on your network). That being the case, faster is always better in terms of data processing, so these 2 devices (as well as the PCI card down below) operate at the faster 54mbps wireless protool, 802.11g.
| First you need a router/transmitter: 54g wireless router: |
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| Netgear also makes a good 54g wireless router: |
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| Then, for each laptop that will connect, you'll want to get a 55 mbps wireless card: |
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| For any devices requiring a wire-drop, you can use this 5x bridge: |
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Again, this speed really only affects your internal, local area network (not the speed at which you'll browse the internet, but at which you'll be able to share files from your other computers on your network). These two devices will be a bit cheaper than the above 802.11g devices, and will get the job done just fine.
| Same thing as above, first you need the router: |
11 mbps router: |
| then you'll need an access card for each laptop: | 11mbps laptop card:
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| (This card is the budget choice, but really, for just a few dollars more you can get the above wireless card, which is recommend over this 11 mbps card. | |
Devices to use to connect to your new fancy wireless network:
(Note: as the 5x 802.11g standard has yet to trickle-down to these devices, you're kind-of stuck with the 11mbps rate for most of these devices, which is still plenty fast for these devices)| For any PCs at home, which have a spare PCI slot, you can get this to get them on the wireless network: (however, these things are known to have relatively poor reception, especially if your PC is buried behind a desk, etc..) |
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| Alternatively, for any PC or Device (TiVo, laptop, etc.) with a free USB connection, you can use a wireless USB Adapter: |
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| And, for the real expensive wire-cutter, to hook up a device like an Xbox, or a Playstation2 wirelessly, you'll need a wireless ethernet bridge: |
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| If you need to hook up more than one device threw this bridge, this is possible by using a switch: (bridge->switch->up to 5 devices) |
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