-=PCTechTalk=- Re: wireless router question

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 00:28:53 -0400

Hi Don,


> You most likely do have an adapter already unless the Dell is really
> really old.  To confirm look at the back of your tower.  You should see
> a normal telephone hookup socket (the one used for a dial up connection)
> and a somewhat larger but very similar looking socket.  This is probably
> a bit removed from the dial up port.  Your cable modem is likely
> connected here.  (It might be connected to a USB port but lets hope not.)


My cable modem is connected where you said.



> If you plan to connect to the router via Ethernet cable instead of
> wireless, you will not see any benefit from the Speedbooster circuitry
> in the router.  If connecting wireless be sure to purchase a LinkSys
> Speedbooster wireless adapter if you want the benefits of the
> Speedbooster circuitry.

Which do you suggest?  I know it will probably cost  more for the adapter, 
if it is not a big diff, just as soon wait on that.



> Open the box.  Unfold and read the installation instructions.  Keep them
> handy to follow along with.  Remove the disk from box.  Insert disk in
> drive.  Follow the prompts. Thanks, will give it a go, if I get stuck, 
> will shout back ;0
christy


>
> Remember:
>
> 1. change password to the router.
> 2. if not connecting wireless disable wireless access.
> 3. if connecting wireless enable security/encryption and use WPA or
> WPA-2.  WEP is worthless.
> 4. if connecting wireless, use an encryption passkey at least 16
> characters long.  Longer than 20 is wasted unless you using a weak
> string of characters.
> 5. Do not confuse the router passWORD with the encryption passKEY.
> 6. A good passkey will look like this:  a7Q*f%2Br@%9UxT#
>
> 802.11n is faster and has a longer range than 802.11a/b/g.  As long as
> you are in your house and your primary need for speed is uploading to
> and downloading from the internet and the wireless router speed is
> faster than your upload and download speeds then you are OK.  A modest
> cable modem connection will allow about 3Mbps download and 256Kbps
> upload speeds peak.  Faster and slower speeds are available from most
> cable companies.
>
> Please note:  Those speeds are in bits not bytes.  To convert to bytes
> divide by 8.  The samples above would be about 375KBps and 32KBps.
>
> Don
>
>
> cristy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just purchased a Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster 
>> (Linksys).
>> I forgot how I found out but I think I already have the adapter I need
>> (would like to double check though, how do I do this?)  I have a desktop
>> (Dell) and cable/modem (Cox)  The desktop is hooked up to cable/modem. 
>> Is
>> it hard for me to set this up ?  Also, what is the big speed difference
>> between this one and the "N", is it really noticeable?  What does it 
>> mean?
>> I know with dialup speed is very low and with able much higher, is this 
>> what
>> it refers to?
>>
>> thanks,
>> christy
> 

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