Re: Wireless Networking
- From: "Walter Siren" <wsiren@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 07:10:35 -0500
What about your security level?
Walter Siren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Wireless Networking
> The wireless costs aren't at all prohibitive, particularly when balanced
> against the convenience of computer location.
>
> I paid $70 for my D-Link routher and purchased the three wireless cards for
> about $45 apiece on EBay.
>
> I can locate my PC's anywhere in the house, not have to worry about putting
> holes in walls to run Cat 5 cable, and I can take a laptop out to the patio if
> I want.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Wireless Networking
>
>
> Your fine discussion of costs iswhy I turned down Road Runner and went with
> DSL.
> Although the costs are similar at the broadband level, watch out when you
> go wireless.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Beto Escobar III" <betoescobar3@xxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW List Serve" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: Wireless Networking
>
>
> > Laura--
> > Okay, we have road runner cable internet access as our ISP and initially I
> had Time Warner (phonetically spelled) network all three PC's in our home
> wirelessly. The problem was that we paid a $79.99 monthly service fee for
> all three of the PC's along with the wireless network they installed. I
> spoke to a friend though, who is Microsoft Certified and he informed me he
> would be able to network the house with all three PC's, wirelessly, and the
> total amount would be less than what you would pay road runner in four
> months. Well, I told him I wanted only the best simply because I am so
> dependant on the PC. We went and purchased all of the stuff at
> > CompUSA and it's total was a little less than $250.00, and we were able to
> get a $40.00 mail in rebate with it too. Well, now all three PC's have
> access to the internet, we have a router as our firewall, and it is simply
> fantastic. My friend, who is Microsoft Certified, arranged it so that the
> newest PC is the one who can send and extract items and software to and from
> the other PC's and the others are merely drones. I would only imagine the
> only reason you would need the MS Certified person there to install the
> wireless network for you is to ensure that one of the PC's will be the
> master and the others will be drones. To reiterate, however, wireless
> networking is simply the way to go...
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> > Beto Escobar III, LMSW
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