Posted on: 07-09-05 19:05:21
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=BDL10000653&logon=&langid=EN
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10065002&catid=19994&logon=&langid=EN
Looks like a good deal. comes with an adapter.
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Surprisingly no computer expert answered this. .
There arent any on this forum
A previous poll on our site
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best buy has a good deal for hawking wirless router along with usb adabtor for $19 after all rebates. Try to locate one and buy it. I believe USB adabtor will solve your purpose of buying a wirless card.
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I have been using wireless network in home since Last January. I have 2 laptops and 1 Desktop running on wireless internet connection.
Following are the configurations I use. It doesn't really matter which company you buy it from as long as they are 54 mbps 802.11G routers.
I am running Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router.
One Laptop is Dell enabled Wireless Notebook Adapter.
Second Laptop has Motorola Wireless Notebook Adapter.
Desktop is running NetGear Wireless Adapter.
One More thing, If you are running Wireless Home Network make sure to put some kind of basic security on network. Otherwise you will be providing free internet to your neighbour who has wireless adapter.
Putting WEP encrption is the best way to go. But it is little tedious to setup. It can be done with some effort.
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Priyank Patel | Lead Software Engineer | Softtech olutions | softtech3p.com
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Otherwise you will be providing free internet to your neighbour who has wireless adapter.
So, What is wrong with that ?
It will not affect your internet speed...!! Or nobody can access your configuration by wireless internet unless you allow to do that...!!
Nothing wrong with providing free access to your neighbour 
unless they are consuming all your bandwidth.
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Priyank Patel | Lead Software Engineer | Softtech olutions | softtech3p.com
I would recommend you go for a Wireless Router that supports 802.11g technology.
Basically, 802.11g is backward compatible with 802.11b and would work with 802.11b clients(PC/Laptop PCMCIA cards).
Now a days Bell Sympatico High speed internet provides you with a Modem that has a built in Router functionality that supports 802.11g.
If you have Sympatico then why not use this free feature.
While setting up your wireless home network you need to make sure of the following 4 points -
1) Choose a unique SSID. SSID identifies your wireless network. I see a lot of people using their wireless network with the default SSID like 'Netgear', 'SMC', 'Linksys', 'mywireless' etc. If you neighbour has the same SSID eg 'Netgear', it will cause interference to both of you.
2) Choose a unique Channel - 802.11b/g has 11 Channels. Out of these 11 only 3 are non overlapping channels, 1, 6, 11. Before you configure your Wireless router using a specific channel, do a site survey using your laptop with a Wireless card. Try to detect the wireless networks in your area and see what channels are used by your neighbour's wireless routers(if any). eg. If you detect people using channels, 1 and 11. Set yours to be channel 6.
3) Setup Security on your Wireless Router (Atleast 128 bit WEP) - Now a days home wirless routers are very easy to configure. They come with a very user friendly web interface. Setup a 128 bit WEP key on your Wireless Router. You will need to setup the same 128 bit WEP key on your client(Laptop and Desktop if using wireless). This will make sure that only you or someone who knows the WEP key can hop on to your wireless network.
4) Do not broadcast SSID - Last important security is NOT to broadcast your SSID. There is a check box on each and every wireless router configuration pages. Basically, if you do not broadcast your SSID, no one except you will know what SSID you are using, unless some Hacker sitting in your neighbourhood is using a high end sniffer software.
Hope this helps.
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