DundeeDub 0 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Looking to get wireless in my flat for my pc and laptop.I am also looking to use it in my garden during the summer with the bottom end of the garden being about 25 to 30 metres from where the router would be placed.Would i need a pre-n one to cover this distance.Any recomendations? Link to post Share on other sites
fatboyjon 0 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hey there Pre-N or Even N (think Belkin have just released the N1, so real mimo N power has arrived woot..at a cost of £110 ish ouch!) I would really advise getting this one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=652690&camp_id=ppc_Froogle_searchas it rocks, I have installed a few at work and they work through very thick concrete walls over a distance, with good signal quality and strength. I would try ebuyer or somewhere might be a bit cheaper than pc world!Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
fatboyjon 0 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 ......as for the pcmcia card for your laptop definatly this cardhttp://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/79091I think you can get this with a pci card adaptor;http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/79080, basically allows you to plug the card into the back of your computer, and when you want to use your laptop just pull it out of your pc and stuff it in the hole! Just saves having to buy 2 cards. No matter what anyone tells you....even sky! Netgear wirless sux!!....excpet for their wired hubs and switches! I preferably use network cat5 cable from my pc to the router as you cant go wrong with tru 100mb connection, but if you want the house tidy then belkin pre n route is definatly the way forward!A very bored at workfatboy Link to post Share on other sites
DundeeDub 0 Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 did a little research into those cards and there seems to be alot of people complaining about them, do you have experience with them Link to post Share on other sites
fatboyjon 0 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Yes I have one in my laptop at home and pc + laptop at work, I know there arent any windows 98 drivers for it (god forbid anyone still using that OS!) I used the card whilst testing a rig I set up at work and walked around a large area and still was able to google stuff. I would def recommend them, up to you I guess Would be interesting to find out what probs they have, just general connectivity? There are so many peeps out there that have trouble with wireless, and 9 times outta 10 its the channel frequency the router is transmitting on.... I have been down that road faaaarrr tomany times haha. Link to post Share on other sites
DundeeDub 0 Posted January 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Just gone and bought the daddy of routers the Belkin N1, should have it byt the end of the week, will let you know how it works out Link to post Share on other sites
fatboyjon 0 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 No way the N1!!!! grrr no fair!! please post a pic!! lol they are the nutz! Link to post Share on other sites
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