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July 10th, 2008, 10:53 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
It has built-in wireless; how do I tell what type that is?
So wireless routers have wire ports?
What price range is a 'good' wireless router?
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July 10th, 2008, 11:57 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
Look in System Properties > Device Manager > Network Adapters. This should tell you exactly what the card is.
There are wireless routers without a built-in Ethernet switch (usually called a base station or something), but most of them include a switch because its dirt cheap to do so, and always useful for the customer.
For a good Linksys or Netgear 802.11g router, you're looking at $50-60 US (though they do get put on sale all the time). 802.11n routers tend to have gigabit Ethernet switches, and cost in excess of $100 US. There are also more expensive models with fancy features like USB ports for NAS (network attached storage) hard drive setups, but that's usually overkill.
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July 11th, 2008, 12:36 AM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
It's an 802.11n, but it seems it can handle b/g
...Huh? I knows nothing...
Ok, thanks. 
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July 11th, 2008, 12:59 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
What I mean is, what do you mean by 'built-in Ethernet switch'?
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July 11th, 2008, 01:07 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
One wire in, multiple wires out - basically a splitter for your wired network connection. Never hurts to have that around 
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July 11th, 2008, 01:10 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
FYI: My personal experiance has been good with D-Link wireless routers and Linksys (I prefer the D-Links myself), but I'll echo Fyron: Stay away from most others. We had a Belkin. 2 weeks later I tossed it and got a D-Link. No problems since.
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July 11th, 2008, 02:41 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
D-Link is only marginally above the likes of Belkin and Airnet. Maybe they have improved their technology in recent years, but I'll never trust them again.
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July 11th, 2008, 05:39 PM
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Re: OT: Wireless internet?
@Fyron: Why don't you trust D-Link?
Also, I have a wireless network now.
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