Wi-Fi Connection?

[Guest DRL]

O-kay, since I can not find the antenna for my

USB modem, I need to find other ways to

getting a faster Internet. (And no, 'cable'

is not possible.. Satellite... too expensive.)

How much does it costs a modem/router?

How do you install it?

How fast is it? (I mean, connection speed.)

And also feel free to tell anything other

information you know about it.

Any help on this would be appretiated,

thank you.

[Sabre]

O-kay, since I can not find the antenna for my

USB modem, I need to find other ways to

getting a faster Internet. (And no, 'cable'

is not possible.. Satellite... too expensive.)

How much does it costs a modem/router?

How do you install it?

How fast is it? (I mean, connection speed.)

And also feel free to tell anything other

information you know about it.

Any help on this would be appretiated,

thank you.

Roughters dont change your connection speed, just control it. For example. If the internet is a road, the roughter is traffic lights that stop all your cars (computers) from going in the wrong lanes at the wrong time.

Roughters vary, and research is needed, as well as what you are using it for. As a general rule, you don't want to mess with them without knowing what you are doing.

[Guest DRL]

Roughters dont change your connection speed, just control it. For example. If the internet is a road, the roughter is traffic lights that stop all your cars (computers) from going in the wrong lanes at the wrong time.

Roughters vary, and research is needed, as well as what you are using it for. As a general rule, you don't want to mess with them without knowing what you are doing.

I heard that Wi-Fi routers provide

access to Wi-Fi, althrough I doubt this myself.

[Sonia Mendoza]

I heard that Wi-Fi routers provide

access to Wi-Fi, althrough I doubt this myself.

Wi-fi routers COULD provide access to Wi-fi. with the right settings and configuration, of course. it also depends on the signal. There are also Wi-Fi hotspots that provide Wi-fi Access. 

I learned this from Geo, since he was a wi-fi user when he was just about 10 years old, I think

if you wanna learn how to access wi-fi, ask Geo; although I'm not sure if he can help you, though, it was 4 years since he last used it :oops:

[Scott7]

Really your better off just plugging it into the wall, A router can actually make your connection alot slower.

[Guest DRL]

Wi-fi routers COULD provide access to Wi-fi. with the right settings and configuration, of course. it also depends on the signal. There are also Wi-Fi hotspots that provide Wi-fi Access. 

I learned this from Geo, since he was a wi-fi user when he was just about 10 years old, I think

if you wanna learn how to access wi-fi, ask Geo; although I'm not sure if he can help you, though, it was 4 years since he last used it :oops:

Thank you, althrough from what

I heard the routers do not provide...

A... um, 'fast' connection.

Really your better off just plugging it into the wall, A router can actually make your connection alot slower.

Ok... no router for now.

Wi-Fi Modem anyone?

[Guest FoXXX]

Roughters dont change your connection speed, just control it. For example. If the internet is a road, the roughter is traffic lights that stop all your cars (computers) from going in the wrong lanes at the wrong time.

Roughters vary, and research is needed, as well as what you are using it for. As a general rule, you don't want to mess with them without knowing what you are doing.

Routers affect internet speed and connect big time.

[Sabre]

Routers affect internet speed and connect big time.

Not usually. If you have either a bad roughter, a poorly set up one or a bunch of machines downloading at the same time then it will slow.

[Mr. Fox13]

Thank you, althrough from what

I heard the routers do not provide...

A... um, 'fast' connection.Ok... no router for now.

Wi-Fi Modem anyone?

I can't tell any difference in conection speed at all from the standared broadban conection I used to have.

I got my modem-a Zyxel, through my internet provider peoplepc. As for my router I bought that at Walmart for 23$. Its a Belkin enhanced wireless router.

If you decide to get one I recomend changing the security to WEP, I always I had a hard time connecting when it was (ATP)? I can't remember what it was, and I'm too lazy to go check. =P

As long as you configure it right, a router is your best bet for  wireless internet. IMO

[Guest DRL]

I can't tell any difference in conection speed at all from the standared broadban conection I used to have.

I got my modem-a Zyxel, through my internet provider peoplepc. As for my router I bought that at Walmart for 23$. Its a Belkin enhanced wireless router.

If you decide to get one I recomend changing the security to WEP, I always I had a hard time connecting when it was (ATP)? I can't remember what it was, and I'm too lazy to go check. =P

As long as you configure it right, a router is your best bet for  wireless internet. IMO

ATP was easily to hack because of that,

most people would disable it, and in fact,

it was not too strong security. To date there

is WEP2, stronger than WEP but not sure if it

does affect speed.

What I want is an alternative to my USB modem.

It goes at 3,6 Mbps, so you can image, it is SLooooooW

regarding downloads and videos - in fact - regarding

all sorts of media.

[Mr. Fox13]

I still think the Zyxel/Belkin would be best for you. I've had great results with them so far.

I'll be able to help you better tomarrow, when I can get on my computer.

[DZComposer]

A router is a device that allows communication between different networks. Most people use them to share their internet connections between multiple computers.

In order to use one, you need internet service. A wireless router does give Wi-Fi access, but only to the network it is connected to. If the router isn't connected to the internet, your wireless clients won't be connected either.

As far as speed issues, your bottleneck is your ISP's connection speed. Yeah, there may be a small performace hit on WPA-protected networks, but remember: your ISP is only giving you less than 20 megabits/sec, often even less than 10 (around 3 seems to be the average). That is less than the throughput 802.11G can push (54 megabits/sec). 802.11n can theoretically push 600 megabits/sec, but you'll only see that speed on gigabit/sec LANs, not internet connections.

Also, saying that routers can significantly slow down your connection is a load of crap. The internet works because of routers. Your ISP has big routers, and your ISP's ISP has bigger ones. Routing is what makes the Internet what it is.

I use a router and all my speed tests are just as fine as when I am directly connected. The caveat is that if multiple machines are using the internet connection you will see a performance hit just because there are multiple clients using the same available bandwidth.

Routers have a huge advantage over directly connecting to the internet: NAT. NAT can act as a limited firewall: It prevents unsolicited connections from reaching your internal network. The result: less malware. This is such a huge advantage that most cable and DSL modems these days have built-in routers so that they can use NAT, even if they only have one LAN port.

[Guest DRL]

Thank you DZ, that is some useful information.

Regarding speed, well, I will be happy if it could go at

least to 20 Mbps, since currently my wireless bandwidth

only goes at 3,6 Mbps, whivh as I said before, is too slow.

Security for me has allways been important, I run daily

checks of Spyware/Virus with both my antivirus and antispyware

sofware.

...I will see what I can get. Hopefully I will finally be able

to at least load a video in less than 1 hour, and not

the opposite way.

Also, let's say I finally get TF2. Now, how much lag

would I have if I used a Wi-Fi modem/router?

I will not even try with my current USB modem;

the lag would catastrophic.