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Wireless LAN

RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
in Zocalo v2.0
I'm thinking about "upgrading" our LAN at home from using wires to wireless.
But i'm a little bit uninformed in that matter.
Is it enough if i install a wireless network-card in each pc, or do i need a router or something?

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  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    You can do it with just a wireless card in each PC. That's called an ad-hoc wireless network. Personally, I'd get a router because you get a bit more functionality (things like a DHCP server, for example, if you get a router with one) and it's easier to setup and keep up. You may also get less collisions if you use a router.
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    hm.. good.
    then i'll probably try it without a router first (currently only 2 pcs).
    I plan on getting a laptop for me so i'm a bit more flexible where i write stuff, so i might get a router then.

    Thanks a lot for the info :)
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    heh! I'm thinking about the same thing, allthough I'll probably get a wireless router with adsl modem in it when I get the money to buy one.
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    And I'm going to upgrade my internet connection to 1Mbit WLAN with 128-bit encrypted VPN... it'll have to do until WiMAX comes.

    I hope that IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) would replace those shitty xDSL's in the near future. I don't think that we get our very own 1Gbit fibre channels any time soon... in Japan about 17% of all internet users have those already. :o
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    Re: Wireless LAN

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by RubberEagle [/i]
    [B]Is it enough if i install a wireless network-card in each pc, or do i need a router or something? [/B][/QUOTE]
    First of all:
    What kind of house you live? Are walls how thick and what material they are?
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    I'd set up a Linux machine to act as a gateway, firewall, router, DHCP server and whatever else I might require of it.

    But that's just me.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    So would I, Curz. Mine even runs Gentoo. :)

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Eclecticonaut [/i]
    [B]I don't think that we get our very own 1Gbit fibre channels any time soon... in Japan about 17% of all internet users have those already. :o [/B][/QUOTE]

    Usually those sorts of lines are for an entire apartment complex.
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]Usually those sorts of lines are for an entire apartment complex. [/B][/QUOTE]But it still outclasses any other commercialised solution, on a good day you could download for example a normal 700MB DivX movie file in a matter of seconds. NTT launched this service in June 2003.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    One major MAJOR thing to consider when building a wireless network:

    Only get a router with MAC Address whitelisting/MAC Filtering. This way, you have to allow specific systems entry into the wireless network. It's a surefire way to stop buggers from getting in unless you want 'em to.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    groovy sanfam. :)

    I don't think the wireless lan my neighbor and I have setup does that...then again, no one else in the neghborhood owns a PC newer then win95...'cept maybe my other neighbor, but she's a tax lady...and no lan. :D

    so we're cool for like, 20 years until the rest catch up. :D LMAO.

    sometimes, the boondocks can be good, tech wise. :D
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sanfam [/i]
    [B]One major MAJOR thing to consider when building a wireless network:

    Only get a router with MAC Address whitelisting/MAC Filtering. This way, you have to allow specific systems entry into the wireless network. It's a surefire way to stop buggers from getting in unless you want 'em to.[/B][/QUOTE]
    MAC adresses can be changed with software!
    And WEP only encrypts data which is transferred.

    WPA include better encryption AND client authentication.
    So I would recommend WPA with MAC filtering.
    Also SSID should be changed to something which is hard to guess and also disable sending of SSID.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    yes, MAC Addresses can be changed with software, but it's a major turnoff for simple wardrivers and anyone who is seriously not interested in getting your MAC Address down, assuming you run encryption.
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