[pchelpers] Re: wireless router, suggestions please
- From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "G.R. Hanson" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:45:29 -0500
Hi Re-Na,
Wednesday, July 16, 2003, 4:01:55 PM, you wrote:
GRH> For those of you that have a wireless router, could you give me an idea of
what that costs to set up?
GRH> I'm on cable internet now. One computer. But soon I may have another
computer, but it will be in a different part of the house. Paying for the
cable twice is not an option here, grin.
You'd probably want one that does both CAT5 and wireless; hook up the
current computer to CAT5, and the new computer on wireless, although
there's no reason you can't have them both wireless.
I think wireless routers are around $65 or so, although you should
check prices to be sure. Wireless card for the other computer, I have
no idea. Network card for the first computer can be had for as low as
$10, if it doesn't already have a network port on it.
The manuals for wireless routers look pretty good (at least the one I
saw was ok), so you can probably set it up yourself.
You may want to ask ISP how much they'll charge to do it for you; if
so, they'll probably want to rent the router to you, etc.
Be sure to check your security settings, to be sure that neighbors and
passers-by don't hook into your network and use *YOUR* IP address to
do stuff that you wouldn't want traced back to you. Many of them come
out of the box with little or no security.
--Scott.
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