wireless conection/router

[Digger]

Re: wireless conection/router

is it true that the wireless connection dosent compart bandwidht, i have 2 comps connected to my network and i thought my 512kbps will split into half but he told me that its ok....we will recive the same connection??

[Digger]

Re: wireless conection/router

how do i change the password of the router?...so i can only enter to the network?.....thats a better idea, but i have no clue how to do it?

[Kamal]

Re: wireless conection/router

check the router's manual that came with it

[FlashLight]

Re: wireless conection/router

oke, folks,
i need to get a router, and it has to be wireless, becouse i got a new roommate,
and i dont want to drag cables all over the app.

going for a low budget, and have to chose between these:
ROUTER ASUS WL-530g WIRELESS
Wireless D-Link Router DI-524+PCI Surecom WLAN
Belkin High-Speed Mode Wireless G Router model F5D7231-4
wifi router belkin F5D7231

in that order, i suppose. they are all around 50E here
any sugestions???

[ciaran]

Re: wireless conection/router

Can anyone tellme a little more about apples airport extreme...

its $199 and from what ive heard its the future

[Kamal]

Re: wireless conection/router

oke, folks,
i need to get a router, and it has to be wireless, becouse i got a new roommate,
and i dont want to drag cables all over the app.

going for a low budget, and have to chose between these:
ROUTER ASUS WL-530g WIRELESS
Wireless D-Link Router DI-524+PCI Surecom WLAN
Belkin High-Speed Mode Wireless G Router model F5D7231-4
wifi router belkin F5D7231

in that order, i suppose. they are all around 50E here
any sugestions???

how much are you willing to spend ? You can get a Linksys Wireless G router with Speedbooster for about $60 online (with a rebate)

[FlashLight]

Re: wireless conection/router

thanks, kamal i know that, but i dont know how much will the shipping cost me from US to EU, Slovenia.

so i would rather take something here locally, so i can have warranty and everything else.
price range is something like that.
but arent those speedboosters just as the ordinary version, but with faster internal transfer rate, and some longer range.

if that is the case, i dont need those quirks... hehe

[neoee]

Re: wireless conection/router

Either way I would stick with the Linksys wrt54g's since you can flash the firmware with aftermarket versions (sveasoft etc) and get waaay more functionality out of them (qos, ipv6, boost the signal, run vlans, hotspots, WDS).

[FlashLight]

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oke, i got myself a Linksys WRT54GC
and all i can say, soo small thingy, with so many possibilities.....

havent even discovered all of them.
the only thing is that in my room signal for wireless is weak (occ. trouble connecting), while in a room 3m down the hall signal is allmost perfect.

no idea why is that..
thanks god i have a cabel....

[beanzncheez]

Re: wireless conection/router

Wires and thingamadohickeys!

[neoee]

Re: wireless conection/router

the only thing is that in my room signal for wireless is weak (occ. trouble connecting), while in a room 3m down the hall signal is allmost perfect.

go to sveasoft.com and grab their firmware, it allows you to boost the signal by up to 900%

[Kamal]

Re: wireless conection/router

go to sveasoft.com and grab their firmware, it allows you to boost the signal by up to 900%

dang I had absolutely no idea you could do this

[FlashLight]

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yeah, it is possible, but you have to pay for theirs firmware....
and of course it is not easy to install either....
and you risk blocking your router....

[Kamal]

Re: wireless conection/router

risk blocking my router ?

[neoee]

Re: wireless conection/router

No they have a firmware that is available to the public as well, its only the development versions that you have to pay for. Here's a link to the publicly available firmware:

http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/dlman.php?func=select_folder&folder_id=14

Here's the ones they make you pay for:

http://wrt54g.thermoman.de/

Keep in mind this is all under the GPL, so what sveasoft is doing by charging for it in the first place is questionable.

FYI there are many other people doing this too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G#Third-party_firmware_projects

And he was referring to "bricking" the router. Basically as with any device that you reprogram the flash on theres always a chance (be it because you selected the wrong version or somehow interrupted the programming) that you can brick it, or make it useless. I have a total of 4 linksys routers all of which have been re-flashed many times (when new versions become avail) and have never had a problem. Even if you do lock it up there a procedure on how to bring it back, trust me the additional features are worth the risk (if your a geek like me)

Note: if you do run the sveasoft firmware disable spanning-tree if you are using this as your gateway router w/ Comcast since the router has a problem getting an address when its on.