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March 6th, 2004, 04:04 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
Well, you're absolutely not going to get top shelf for $20. You do get what you pay for. We're talking basic connectivity here and mine (D-link router) has been pleasantly reliable at home.
At work in a business environment, I use different products altogether - $170 per access point, but great product and you get 11 Mb throughout it's advertised range; even with metal studs in the building.
I'm just trying to suggest appropriate product for a home environment. And I know firsthand that D-link has a very easy (practically plug it in and turn it on) setup for simple home use with an adequate firewall to boot. Price doesn't sting either.... 
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March 6th, 2004, 04:24 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
PBW server has been running on a D-Link wireless access point pretty much flawlessly for almost two years.
[ March 06, 2004, 02:25: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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March 6th, 2004, 04:25 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
Guess you have been lucky then. 
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March 6th, 2004, 04:28 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Guess you have been lucky then.
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Well, I don't do much fancy with it. The conventional wisdom about D-Link is that it's actually pretty reliable, stable and easy to setup out of the box, as long as you don't try doing any kind of non-standard setup. I've seen a lot of complaints though about it from people trying to do oddball setups. Apparently once you start changing things it stops being user-friendly real quick. 
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March 6th, 2004, 05:41 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
Well if it starts acting screwy if you try to change the settings, then there would seem to be something wrong with it.
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March 6th, 2004, 05:31 PM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
Well, adsl modem arrived this morning and after two very quick phone calls to the isp support line (local rate call charges and less than a minute or two on hold) I am now surfing on broadband!
Now I have to start migrating my website to my new (bigger) webspace, close my account with my old ISP and see if they'll offer redirection.
Anyone in the UK looking to go broadband- I now recommend www.plus.net - good support so far, hassle-free connection, and all for about the same money I was paying freeserve for a slow, crappy, unreliable unmetered dialup that kicked me off every three hours.
www.dogscoff.co.uk - coming soon =-)
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March 7th, 2004, 04:26 AM
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Re: [OT] - Request help with wireless LAN.
Dogscoff, are you still looking for an answer to your wireless question or is that fixed?
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