wireless network questions

amiabilita · 01-24-2003, 10:23 AM

hello,
I live in a 2 story house with more than 5000sq ft indoor space. I was wondering if there's any good wireless router or cards that I can use with my compaq laptop + 3 other desktops.
If kids play on line games (counterstrike or warcraft 3) , does having wireless affect the connection in terms of lag, ping or speed?
Should I just stay with normal wires drilled through walls..etc?

kain9i6 · 01-24-2003, 11:26 AM

My suggestion would be for the desktops.. stay with the cable, but go wireless for the laptops (because obviously you aren't going to use them for gaming).. but if you do use the laptops for gaming.. put the cabling to specific places you would be setting the laptops to play..

I played CS from my laptop and my ping was around the same as normal, but i was less than 10 feet away from my wireless router, so that probably had something to do with it..

I love being wireless though.. I have a habit of watching movies while I surf the net and i'm tired of having to turn around all the time.. so with the wirless I can sit in the living room and watch movies while doing whatever (though I just mad the obsolete by getting another the Dell 2000FP 20.1 inch monitor and i'll probably go dual display.. but oh well.. hehe..

anyways, back to the subject.. wireless is great IMHO for laptops, but unless you have desktops in hard to reach places with cabling.. i stay with cat5..

Cubsfan · 01-24-2003, 12:03 PM

Personally, I'd say it depends on the use, and how hard it is to run cables

As far as the ping, I don't usually play games so I'm not sure how much it increases it.

As far as the speed, generally what you will look at is about 100 Mbps vs. around 5Mbps. So what does this mean? Well, the way I look at it is that I've never gotten more than 2Mbps from my cable modem, so the wireless connection is by far fast enough to keep up with doing anything on the web. Now if you are transferring 10 GB files back and forth between computers on the network, it's a different story.

The othe big factor that I've seen is how big of a hastle it is to run the wires. If the computers are right next to each other, then just run the wires. But if you have to drill holes through 15 walls and it's a big problem, people like to have wireless to avoid that.

Anyway, just a couple of considerations for you.

amiabilita · 01-24-2003, 12:44 PM

as the subject says, "can anyone suggest me any wireless router?"

Nija · 01-24-2003, 02:09 PM

Linksys
SMC
D-link

there are three suggestions

verve247 · 01-24-2003, 06:04 PM

Get the linksys, I own a d-link and am dissapointed by the port forwarding options of the router. I 've used a linksys wire router before and it worked great.

There is a new wi-fi out. 802.11g The g is what to look for. It allows 54mbps as opposed to the usual 11. This is great for file transfer or lan gaming, though it may be too much as you probaly won't be able to get the bandwidth to fully use it.

Another important factor is the placement of a wireless router. Chimneys can ruin your connections. Ours had to be placed to the right of our chimney in the basement so that it could reach all floors.

Good luck.

01-24-2003, 10:23 AM	#1
amiabilita Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Southern Cali Posts: 76	wireless network questions hello, I live in a 2 story house with more than 5000sq ft indoor space. I was wondering if there's any good wireless router or cards that I can use with my compaq laptop + 3 other desktops. If kids play on line games (counterstrike or warcraft 3) , does having wireless affect the connection in terms of lag, ping or speed? Should I just stay with normal wires drilled through walls..etc? __________________ savage

01-24-2003, 12:44 PM	#4
amiabilita Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Southern Cali Posts: 76	can anyone suggest me any wireless router? as the subject says, "can anyone suggest me any wireless router?"

01-24-2003, 02:09 PM	#5
Nija Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2001 Location: City of The Dead Posts: 13,552	Linksys SMC D-link there are three suggestions __________________ "Nija is the dark soul of gotapex. We don't like to talk about him." - LPMiller

01-24-2003, 06:04 PM	#6
verve247 Commander Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,486	Get the linksys, I own a d-link and am dissapointed by the port forwarding options of the router. I 've used a linksys wire router before and it worked great. There is a new wi-fi out. 802.11g The g is what to look for. It allows 54mbps as opposed to the usual 11. This is great for file transfer or lan gaming, though it may be too much as you probaly won't be able to get the bandwidth to fully use it. Another important factor is the placement of a wireless router. Chimneys can ruin your connections. Ours had to be placed to the right of our chimney in the basement so that it could reach all floors. Good luck. __________________ Vegetarian - Old indian word meaning poor hunter.

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01-24-2003, 11:26 AM	#2
kain9i6 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Signal Hill, Ca Posts: 859	My suggestion would be for the desktops.. stay with the cable, but go wireless for the laptops (because obviously you aren't going to use them for gaming).. but if you do use the laptops for gaming.. put the cabling to specific places you would be setting the laptops to play.. I played CS from my laptop and my ping was around the same as normal, but i was less than 10 feet away from my wireless router, so that probably had something to do with it.. I love being wireless though.. I have a habit of watching movies while I surf the net and i'm tired of having to turn around all the time.. so with the wirless I can sit in the living room and watch movies while doing whatever (though I just mad the obsolete by getting another the Dell 2000FP 20.1 inch monitor and i'll probably go dual display.. but oh well.. hehe.. anyways, back to the subject.. wireless is great IMHO for laptops, but unless you have desktops in hard to reach places with cabling.. i stay with cat5..

01-24-2003, 12:03 PM	#3
Cubsfan Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,743	Personally, I'd say it depends on the use, and how hard it is to run cables As far as the ping, I don't usually play games so I'm not sure how much it increases it. As far as the speed, generally what you will look at is about 100 Mbps vs. around 5Mbps. So what does this mean? Well, the way I look at it is that I've never gotten more than 2Mbps from my cable modem, so the wireless connection is by far fast enough to keep up with doing anything on the web. Now if you are transferring 10 GB files back and forth between computers on the network, it's a different story. The othe big factor that I've seen is how big of a hastle it is to run the wires. If the computers are right next to each other, then just run the wires. But if you have to drill holes through 15 walls and it's a big problem, people like to have wireless to avoid that. Anyway, just a couple of considerations for you.

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