ok, getting tired of having to plug my laptop in when I want to get online. May as well use the internal wireless modem.
What do you guys recommend for wireless routers (already know about encryption and securing them via mac address only)? Not going D-link, so you can forget about that :p
Also, I know of 7-8 hotspots around the city (1 is an internet cafe a couple km from here, another one is an online gaming shop with an 8Mbit/s wireless network), would like to find a few more. Anyone have a wifi detector or know of plans to build one (short of using the plans from work)?
Wireless networks and wifi detectors?
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Wireless networks and wifi detectors?
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Why do people worry more if you argue with your voices than if you just talk with them? What about if you lose those arguements?
Slowly going crazy at work... they found a way to make the voices work too.
Why do people worry more if you argue with your voices than if you just talk with them? What about if you lose those arguements?
Slowly going crazy at work... they found a way to make the voices work too.
I recommend the Belkin N1 or the Belkin Pre-N.
I have the N1 and I am very impressed with it. It works everywhere in my house with absolutely no problems. Also with one of their cards (they claim) you can achieve up to 300 mbps (I haven't got to test this out yet though). The thing I like best about it is the range. I actually walked outside to the end of my driveway and my tablet said I still had a good connection. It claims to have a 1400ft range on the box it came in though I very seriously doubt it will come anywhere close to that in real world tests. I picked mine up from the local Circuit City but I ordered it online b/c they give you a 60 dollar discount.
I have the N1 and I am very impressed with it. It works everywhere in my house with absolutely no problems. Also with one of their cards (they claim) you can achieve up to 300 mbps (I haven't got to test this out yet though). The thing I like best about it is the range. I actually walked outside to the end of my driveway and my tablet said I still had a good connection. It claims to have a 1400ft range on the box it came in though I very seriously doubt it will come anywhere close to that in real world tests. I picked mine up from the local Circuit City but I ordered it online b/c they give you a 60 dollar discount.
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I agree about avoiding D-Link.
Like others here I recommend Linksys. I use a wrt54gx2 and get a very good connection all over my property and passable at my neighbor's house.
Re a hotspot detector:
I have not found much use for them cause I can always search online. For example, here is a list of hotspots within a 10 mile radius of Saskatoon. There are probably more that other hotspot list will show...
Hope this helps.
Sean
Like others here I recommend Linksys. I use a wrt54gx2 and get a very good connection all over my property and passable at my neighbor's house.
Re a hotspot detector:
I have not found much use for them cause I can always search online. For example, here is a list of hotspots within a 10 mile radius of Saskatoon. There are probably more that other hotspot list will show...
Hope this helps.
Sean
>>The Spyderco Forum Cookbook ... and its thread<<
Think about what you believe, but don't believe everything you think.
"We feel that to "charge as much as the market will bear" is "to bite the hand that feeds you"."
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Think about what you believe, but don't believe everything you think.
"We feel that to "charge as much as the market will bear" is "to bite the hand that feeds you"."
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I am very pleased with my two Buffalo WHR-HP-G54's
Linked in bridge mode with my neighbor, I've never had ro rework the connection since I set it up 6 months ago.
I have a Trendnet TEW-429UB detector that works pretty well. Shows SSID and what kind of security is employed on detected networks. ...and it functions as a G54 USB adator also.
Linked in bridge mode with my neighbor, I've never had ro rework the connection since I set it up 6 months ago.
I have a Trendnet TEW-429UB detector that works pretty well. Shows SSID and what kind of security is employed on detected networks. ...and it functions as a G54 USB adator also.
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While I don't think you'll need it,
Here is a detector that also shows the security status of surrounding networks.
Here is a detector that also shows the security status of surrounding networks.
>>The Spyderco Forum Cookbook ... and its thread<<
Think about what you believe, but don't believe everything you think.
"We feel that to "charge as much as the market will bear" is "to bite the hand that feeds you"."
Sal Glesser
Think about what you believe, but don't believe everything you think.
"We feel that to "charge as much as the market will bear" is "to bite the hand that feeds you"."
Sal Glesser