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From: ps56k on 14 Jan 2010 00:33 A neighbor has a desktop computer in their den/office with a DSL line from AT&T or Earthlink... I think they even still run a PPPoE client on the desktop vs a router or modem. Anyway, I think they want to let the other computers in the house which I recall were desktops join the Internet connection. They have a Dlink WiFi router that one of the boys got somewhere, but have never hooked everything up and migrated from the desktop client to let the WAP do all the work. Anyway - I was thinking of what hardware options might work best.... I have a couple of Netgear AC powerline modules that worked ok for me.. On the WiFi side - a USB might be good - parents could pull them out at will.. or the classic PCI board with the rubber duck antenna. Will have to see this weekend what they really have and go from there... -- ---------------------------------- "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
From: TBerk on 14 Jan 2010 02:32 On Jan 13, 9:33 pm, "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam...(a)interserv.com> wrote: > A neighbor has a desktop computer in their den/office > with a DSL line from AT&T or Earthlink... > I think they even still run a PPPoE client on the desktop vs a router or > modem. > Anyway, I think they want to let the other computers in the house > which I recall were desktops join the Internet connection. > > They have a Dlink WiFi router that one of the boys got somewhere, > but have never hooked everything up and migrated from the desktop client > to let the WAP do all the work. > > Anyway - I was thinking of what hardware options might work best.... > I have a couple of Netgear AC powerline modules that worked ok for me.. > On the WiFi side - a USB might be good - parents could pull them out at > will.. > or the classic PCI board with the rubber duck antenna. > > Will have to see this weekend what they really have and go from there... > > -- Well, as you already started- criteria points the way. my initial thoughts are to avoid USB as something easy to plug in but also esy to unplug/break off/go bad. Also, (based on my inuition) it would seem to have more overhead due to additional layers to get through vs more conventional ethernet devices. Powerline, I can't speak to as they are outside of my hands on experience, so my initial default was "wh, PCI, of course!". The Home Networking aspect of this brings the powerline adapter option back into focus though, esp if the environment has trouble with the wifi option. Knowing what type of wifi router you have to work with would help also; is it an old 'B', a newer 'G' or current 'N'? Does it support WPA2-PSK? How savvy are the end-users ad what level of self support are they willing to trade off? And on it goes... berk
From: Peter Pan on 14 Jan 2010 04:08 "TBerk" <bayareaberk(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f0cf7b09-f568-4b6a-a80b-4f8c8abae2fa(a)s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com... Knowing what type of wifi router you have to work with would help also; is it an old 'B', a newer 'G' or current 'N'? Does it support WPA2-PSK? How savvy are the end-users ad what level of self support are they willing to trade off? And on it goes... berk there are approved current n standards now? last I heard, a few weeks ago, there were still two different proposals, and they weren't compatible with each other, and one or the other hadn't been approved yet... if that's still correct, then what type of n?
From: me here on 14 Jan 2010 04:20 TBerk wrote: > On Jan 13, 9:33�pm, "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam...(a)interserv.com> wrote: > > A neighbor has a desktop computer in their den/office > > with a DSL line from AT&T or Earthlink... > > I think they even still run a PPPoE client on the desktop vs a > > router or modem. > > Anyway, I think they want to let the other computers in the house > > which I recall were desktops join the Internet connection. > > > > They have a Dlink WiFi router that one of the boys got somewhere, > > but have never hooked everything up and migrated from the desktop > > client to let the WAP do all the work. > > > > Anyway - I was thinking of what hardware options might work best.... > > I have a couple of Netgear AC powerline modules that worked ok for > > me.. On the WiFi side - a USB might be good - parents could pull > > them out at will.. > > or the classic PCI board with the rubber duck antenna. > > > > Will have to see this weekend what they really have and go from > > there... > > > > -- > > Well, as you already started- criteria points the way. > > my initial thoughts are to avoid USB as something easy to plug in but > also esy to unplug/break off/go bad. Also, (based on my inuition) it > would seem to have more overhead due to additional layers to get > through vs more conventional ethernet devices. > > Powerline, I can't speak to as they are outside of my hands on > experience, so my initial default was "wh, PCI, of course!". > > The Home Networking aspect of this brings the powerline adapter option > back into focus though, esp if the environment has trouble with the > wifi option. > > Knowing what type of wifi router you have to work with would help > also; is it an old 'B', a newer 'G' or current 'N'? Does it support > WPA2-PSK? > > How savvy are the end-users ad what level of self support are they > willing to trade off? > > And on it goes... > > berk Have you ever actually used USB wireless? If you had you wouldn't be writing such stuff.
From: Bob on 14 Jan 2010 05:07
On 14/01/2010 09:08, Peter Pan wrote: > > there are approved current n standards now? last I heard, a few weeks > ago, there were still two different proposals, and they weren't > compatible with each other, and one or the other hadn't been approved > yet... if that's still correct, then what type of n? The WiFi Alliance has been certifying "N" products since 30th Sept 2009 <http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=892> Several of their certificates show that items meet the draft2 standard with "optional 802.11n capabilities" e.g. <http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA8142> There are several references on the web to the WiFi Alliance testing single stream devices and supposedly these devices are not going to be certified "N". <http://www.dailywireless.org/2009/12/23/single-stream-n-gets-certified/> <http://www.adt.com.tw/english/news_files/2009090201.pdf> However a certificate issued on October 21 2009 shows an "n" in the Logo, whether this was an error or not I don't know. <http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA7251> |