Thread: Wireless routers

Originally Posted by George130

For ease wireless is fairly easy and there arn't the cables running round the place. If you are prepared to run cables through the walls then you can also run phone to every room and have a central patch panel where you can control which room gets what, this is my prefered option but requires the most work.

Work ??
What's that ??
Edd, it's a 3 br single story house with 2 people living in it. I thought having 1 phone in the house & 1 in the garage was hi-tech !!!

Originally Posted by Stevo

I use unwired and so does my brother, you can by a fixed aerial from Jaycar this does away with the little aerial and pulls in signal better the plug into the router.........oops should be then plug the modem into the router the aerial made a big difference to my signal

Thanks Steve but that's getting a bit more complicated than what I want. At the moment I just have the Unwired modem which plugs into my PC. I think that if I need a router to make it run OK, then I may as well just get a modem/router & lose Unwired altogether .
(Unless I have just completely misunderstood what you've said )

Originally Posted by Incisor

dlink are an absolute pain in the butt to warranty....

the flavour of the month is the dynalink 1025w...

Thanks for the advice Dave.
Harvey Norman had D-link & Netcomm modem/wireless routers in stock. The salesman didn't bag the D-link but said the Netcomm was a better unit (both at the same price).
I didn't ask about Dynalink but I'm doing a bit more window shopping today.


I've had a play around with the Unwired modem this morning trying out different areas of the house. The signal improves slightly but doesn't reach more than 1/2 in the strength graph & 2/3 in the quality graph.
I wonder if I should put it in the recycling bin or the general garbage bin .

Originally Posted by incisor

just change the channels they use, put the phone on 5 or 6 and the router on 10 or 11

:P

Router changed to Channel 11 and during a 1.5 hour phone call to Eva who now lives in London...no drop outs...thanks mate.

BTW She is working with a Pommy Project Manager who is a Landy nut..she tells me that he cut short a work meeting to attend his local LR club meeting...I have sent a link to this site.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Work ??
What's that ??
Edd, it's a 3 br single story house with 2 people living in it. I thought having 1 phone in the house & 1 in the garage was hi-tech !!! .

I havn't done my place yet but I have helped do a few friends homes. I have two patch pannels in the garage ready for my place just need to get the cable and do it.

Originally Posted by Scouse

I've had a play around with the Unwired modem this morning trying out different areas of the house. The signal improves slightly but doesn't reach more than 1/2 in the strength graph & 2/3 in the quality graph.
I wonder if I should put it in the recycling bin or the general garbage bin .

You will find the connection will vary. As long as it stays within the good zone it will be fine.

Being new to broadband, the HIBIS project finally was completed in my area last month, so no more waiting 3 days for emails to come down on dial up.
Boradband speeds are fantastic with the package i got. But had a problem one modem, two computors. So the modem goes dowstairs with my sons computor (Dlink), then went to Harvey Normal and bought a DLink wired/wireless router that also came with a USB aerial thngy for my computor the price for both was $149. I t was a simple connection, modem to router, sons computor hardwired, my computor wirelss. Works fantastic, haven't noticed any speed drop when we a re both on and the best part we can us the phone now at the same time.
I haven't encrypted it because,Don't know how, but figure because we are rural why worry. No passing laptops around here.

john

bugger

words out :P

http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=57402

Originally Posted by incisor

i dont need a laptop, i can do it with my Imate JamIN

Do me favour - come to work with me so I can get the key for a local business network so I can use it to access the 'Net from my laptop while I'm at work.

Ron

http://www.wirelessdefence.org/Conte...Win32Tools.htm

this sort of stuff is getting prolific now, these are a good start...

you dont need me if you have a laptop :P

Originally Posted by Jamo

I use a Billion 750g wireless router/ADSL modem,

I use 128bit WEP to prevent unauthorised access, but the most secure way is to restrict access to certain MAC addresses.

Never had a problem in the two years I've been using it.

Jamo, your in Esperance dude.. who down there would bother
Shooting, fishing, 4wding, sheep..computer hacking..mmm I don't think that sticker would look cool next to the longhorn sticker on a Bundyfied ute