We've got 2 computers in different rooms, a broadband connection, and a linksys 4 port ethernet router. Can I plug a wireless router into the 3rd open ethernet port and run it that way or should I go with a 4 port ethernet router with wireless? I'd like to spend as little as possible and I really like my current router.

go for the wireless router. That's how I'm connected right now, and it works great.

QUOTE (Xypher @ Sep 4 2004, 11:29 AM) go for the wireless router. That's how I'm connected right now, and it works great.
the question is should I get one with a 4-port hub or just wireless? The two desktops will remain wired, my laptop is why I need wireless.

well, plugging another router into a router may just slow it down even more. I'd recommend going for just the wireless router.

phoenix it wont get slowed down but i recomend getting one with built in 4 port router it makes everything much easier, Most have wired built in anyway, i have a wireless router hooked up through my gateway and let me tell you it was a [content edited] to get working, see you have to bypass firewalls and what not so just get it with built in, much easier

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QUOTE (Fallen Phoenix @ Sep 4 2004, 02:42 PM) the question is should I get one with a 4-port hub or just wireless? The two desktops will remain wired, my laptop is why I need wireless.
Go for the 4 port. Also look into the Cantenna's those are hot. I'm building one myself.. I am modding my old Star Band dish into a transceiver for my wireless network. It should amplifly the signal by 10 miles+.

looking at prices, the wireless routers with 4-port hub is about the same as the wireless without the hub. I guess I'll get one of those and finally get the Cat6 out of the hallway

Hey Fallen Phoenix, i actually ran my setup like that for about 6 months with absolutely no troubles at all. I then bought a linksys 4 port wireless router "WRT54G", great router and pretty cheap too. So if you just want to run the wat you are till you can save the money for a new router, you'll be all set man.

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I have a D-Link 524 running into a SMC Barricade router. I added the SMC because I picked it up at Value Village for $2.99 and it serves as a Print Server for my Laserjet 4 (Parallel Port). A Broadband Connection is only 4 megabit max, so it shouldn't slow things down at all. Plus it adds another Hardware Firewall to the chain. It also allows me to take the wireless router with me if I need to, without affecting the Desktop, Play Station or Printer.

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QUOTE (xamlit @ Sep 4 2004, 02:15 PM) Also look into the Cantenna's those are hot. I'm building one myself.. I am modding my old Star Band dish into a transceiver for my wireless network. It should amplifly the signal by 10 miles+.
Or you could add one of these Freeantennas' ">http://www.freeantennas.com/. I use the EZ-10 to goose the signal out of my back yard and into my bedroom.

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