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I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have three
computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines to
another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must be
able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
ethernet network.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:32:08 +1300, jonas wrote:

> I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have three
> computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines to
> another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
> What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must be
> able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
> ethernet network.

You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.

If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
even easier.

steve wrote:

>
> You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
>
> If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> even easier.

Not much chance of that, the nearest house is over 1/2 km away
Also what sort of pings should I expect, as I like to paly multiplayer
over the internet higher than 10ms is not acceptable.

And what cheap 802.11b equipment are you referring to?

all *cheap* equipment I can find as encryption.



"steve" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:32:08 +1300, jonas wrote:
>
> > I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have three
> > computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines to
> > another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
> > What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must be
> > able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
> > ethernet network.
>
> You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
>
> If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> even easier.

The only thing different between 802.11b and 802.11g is the g is much
faster....
all have encryption....

"-{-astrae-}-" <> wrote in message
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> And what cheap 802.11b equipment are you referring to?
>
> all *cheap* equipment I can find as encryption.
>
>
>
> "steve" <> wrote in message
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> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:32:08 +1300, jonas wrote:
> >
> > > I have a DSE ADSL router with builtin ethernet switch which i have
three
> > > computers connected to. However I want to move one of these machines
to
> > > another part of the house and want to use wireless for the network.
> > > What equipment do I need to do this? The machine on the wireless must
be
> > > able to connect to the internet, and also to the other machines on the
> > > ethernet network.
> >
> > You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
> >
> > If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> > sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> > even easier.
>
>

steve wrote:
> You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
> If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
> sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
> even easier.

you can lock down 11b... you just gotta know how, and following almost
any of the guides online make it simple.

jonas wrote:
> Not much chance of that, the nearest house is over 1/2 km away
> Also what sort of pings should I expect, as I like to paly multiplayer
> over the internet higher than 10ms is not acceptable.

higher than 10 is not acceptable, you'll have ~30 on jeststream at present.

Darren wrote:
> The only thing different between 802.11b and 802.11g is the g is much
> faster....
> all have encryption....

G also has less range(in theory)

T.N.O. wrote:
> jonas wrote:
>
>> Not much chance of that, the nearest house is over 1/2 km away
>> Also what sort of pings should I expect, as I like to paly multiplayer
>> over the internet higher than 10ms is not acceptable.
>
>
> higher than 10 is not acceptable, you'll have ~30 on jeststream at present.
but 30+10=40

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:31:15 +1300, T.N.O. wrote:

> steve wrote:
>> You want 802.11g equipment. It uses encryption....but costs more.
>> If you get cheap 802.11b (unencrypted) stuff, your neighbours might be
>> sharing your network with you......and your using DHCP would make that
>> even easier.
>
> you can lock down 11b... you just gotta know how, and following almost
> any of the guides online make it simple.

Yes....a competent person can do it.

But the other 98% should be using 802.11g.