How well does it work, what is your setup like? Currently I have 2 desktops in a linksys wired router, but I just want to add a wireless connection for a laptop to that. I bought the Apple Airport Dock, but it cost about a quadrillion dollars...so I might send it back. My friend got a much cheaper one but says it doens't work well. What equipment do you have? How well does it work? Range, speed, etc?
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I have one and I don't know the name of the equipment off hand. I'll check at home. I work on the PC and my DH works upstairs on his laptop usually. Haven't tested the range other than around the house but it's just as fast as the PC. I hope that helps.
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Thanks. If there's something cheaper out there that works well, I'd rather get that. The airport thing is so expenive.
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We do. DH bought the part to set it up, which was around $100.
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Does it work well? The Airport Extreme Dock I bought was $180 with a student discount. It'll be plugged into my existing wired router (I don't want to spend the $$ to make my PCs wireless, there's no point) and just transmit so I can use my laptop. I just feel like $180 is a lot lot lot to spend
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Does it work well? The Airport Extreme Dock I bought was $180 with a student discount. It'll be plugged into my existing wired router (I don't want to spend the $$ to make my PCs wireless, there's no point) and just transmit so I can use my laptop. I just feel like $180 is a lot lot lot to spend
Mine works really well. I'm not sure of the name of it, but I can tell you tonight.
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Thanks so much, I'd appreciate it. I've heard the apple one I ordered works very well, but for $180 it better work well and be made of gold
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I have a lynksys...my PC is hard wired and my lap-top is wireless. They both work well and speedy. I think the wireless card with router package was about $100 at best buy.
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I have a lynksys...my PC is hard wired and my lap-top is wireless. They both work well and speedy. I think the wireless card with router package was about $100 at best buy.
I think that's what we have! Definitely. It had a rebate too when we bought it so it was a little less.
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Is it G wireless or B wireless?
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Also Lynksys here ... and no problems whatsoever.
I have two network PC Cards too because when we got the router, neither of our PC's had internal cards. Of course, after we spent the $$$$, our laptops (from work) were upgraded.
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I was looking at this fancy shamncy link sys to replace my crrent rotuer entirely b/c t has wired and wireless and it's a wide are G wireless one. The only upside to the apple one is I just realized it's covered under my extended warranty from apple, so that may be a big plus. I'm so confused. FH was no help whatsoever!
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I had one and last night DH just ran wire throuhg the house - we were always getting kicked off the internet.
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i have a linksys setup as well (wireless desktop and laptop) and my connection periodically drops, have yet to troubleshoot it, but it is quite annoying...
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B wireless is all you need. Anything faster is a real waste unless you do a ton of file transfers BETWEEN PCs (not the internet).
You can get a B wireless router for under $40 buks online very easily.
Apple airport is a waste.
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B wireless is all you need. Anything faster is a real waste unless you do a ton of file transfers BETWEEN PCs (not the internet).
You can get a B wireless router for under $40 buks online very easily.
Apple airport is a waste.
how do you go about troubleshooting a connection that drops?
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how do you go about troubleshooting a connection that drops?
Does your computer actually tell you that the 'wireless network is no longer available'.
If thats the case... you may be getting interference from something (like a cordless phone). Try powering the cordless appliances off and see if that helps.
Very difficult to troubleshoot that because 2.4 cordless phones run on the same frequency as wi-fi.
And if your neighbor has a cordless phone that you have no control over... good luck with that one.
If you still have an actual wireless connection... but lose your internet access... thats another issue.
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Posted by DjPiLL
B wireless is all you need. Anything faster is a real waste unless you do a ton of file transfers BETWEEN PCs (not the internet).
You can get a B wireless router for under $40 buks online very easily.
Apple airport is a waste.
B is slow and you can buy G for 40-50 bucks now. Heck, if G is a tad laggy but then again, i enjoy my bandwidth
XP by default 'should' tell you if you are in range, etc... not sure about the apple as i don't own one.
The main thing I'm concerned about is range. I want to be able to use it throughout the house, and my house has a lot of thick walls, etc, and it's not a big house, but it's a long house. Front to back is about 100 feet, and the router will be at the very back of the house. Is there really no noticeable difference betwen B and G? I've never even used a wireless connection before. The laptop has an Airport Extreme card built in, and i'm pretty sure it'll work on any standard w i fi conneciton, but the they told me not all routers work well with Mac, so I'm concerned. I'm really totally clueless about wireless.
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Tyanks Thom, you're always a wealth of info (and good deals) But I'm concerned about range. I know some of the less expensive rotuers only work 50 feet, whereas the ones that are $100+ say they work 150 feet. I think I'd need the 150 foot range.
