Wireless help?

[Outofdodge]

Originally Posted by dodgehighforeve

router does have 4 ports, so you would only have to have one card for one computer. If you do like some people do, and place your router in your ceiling, you would need two cards, one for each computer.

With the broadband connection going through the router, I think it makes more sense to put the router next to one pc and hard wire connect it. that still leaves ports for printers, scanners, etc that one can device share.

[dodgehighforeve]

I agree OOD, and since most computers, especially newer ones, have an ethernet port, it makes perfect sense. And as far as a firewall, Windows xp has a built in one. Some will argue how well it works, but for the normal user, it's usually plenty. Plus, all routers are firewalls. You can setup within the router, if you need certian ports to be open all the time, but for the most part, it closes all ports that aren't needed.

[dodgehighforeve]

Last I've heard, not real sure how reliable, but I think 802.11n isn't all that popular yet, and not that reliable yet. I haven't done much research on it, but it's what i've read in the blogs and such I check out. But, the one thing nice about all of them, is they're all backwards compatable. And, if all you use your router for is internet sharing, the extra speed will be wasted. If you do a lot of file transfers, then it might be worth the extra.