WOOHOO! Wireless internet rocks!!!
Quite literally. I finally got my laptop set up on a wireless internet connection. So now I can work from home on my laptop while listening to internet radio on my desktop.
Soooooo cool! :cool:
so did you consider the warnings
How did you set it up??? MAC address only?? Do not broadcast SSID!!! You don't want your neighbors or people sitting in front of your house to have access to your network and internet.
What router did you use?
Uh, congratulations & welcome to the 21st Century.
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Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
Quite literally. I finally got my laptop set up on a wireless internet connection. So now I can work from home on my laptop while listening to internet radio on my desktop.
Soooooo cool! :cool:
You Canadians are just a bit slow with your technology I suppose. .^)
Swisheroo
Linksys for $149?! What a ripoff.
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Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
I spent 2 hours on the phone with a very lovely man in India who helped me set everything up securely. We put in key codes so that only my two computers with the correct codes can access my account. I'm trusting that what he guided me through doing was correct. He seemed very knowledgable.
I may have my brother come over on the weekend with his laptop to see if he can get on my network. I figure that the best way to test the security is to try to break through it.
The router is an SMC Wireless - G. With rebates, I end up paying $69.99 for the router AND the wireless PC card. Seemed like a pretty good deal to me. The Linksys equivalent was $149.00.
My Wireless G router with Speed Booster was about $50 at Best Buy, and I think the card for my wife's PC was about $20 - both after generous rebates. I can't imagine anyone charging $149 for them, but I guess they're out there.
Swish