I am a computer newbie/numpty...I have braodband in my home office room, and want to create a wireless connection to my laptop in my bedroom, simply to browse the net on...

I'm told that I need a wireless router and woreless card or something...I dont want to spend much and need recomendations on a cheap but effective home setup, I only surf the net, the bedroom is next to the office room, about 10m away max....

Please advise, and any links etc welcomed!

THANKS!!

 

40 views and no replies!!??...this is not the scoobynet I know.....is this the quiet corner of SN?...

come on guys...the best deal I have found so far is at crappy PC world with the Belkin ADL router at £45 and £19.99 for the card/

 

well excuse me

£45 for a router may limit your options, however going up to £60-70 would help. Id save a little if you cant stretch to that now, this question gets asked very often and i usually link people to this

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/

depending on what type of net you have depends on what one to get, cable connections need a broadband router whereas non cable broadband needs an adsl router (tiscali, plus net etc). People on here at this price range usually go for belkin, netgear or linksys, id get a matching wireless card to go with it

 

netgear DG834GT here
even if I did buy it from Comet (god forgive me) as a package deal with a pcmcia card for the laptop and a usb dongle too.

Andy

 

Fuzz does that netgear router allow wireless connection from a laptop? i.e I only have a laptop in my house and am getting Tiscali broadband and want wireless access around the house, laptop has centrino mobile technology aswell could anyone help or explain please?

 

I will unplug the desktop and find out.... dont see why not.


Andy

 

well I just browsed to this page on the lappy running a WPN511 Netgear rangemax wireless pcmcia card so I guess it does.


Andy

 

cheers mate will buy that one then, thanks again

 

Fuzz which one of these would i need? don't understand what the difference is?

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=1408
or
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=1407

Thanks

 

The one that says wireless



Andy

 

buy it like I did with the bundled pcmcia card for the lappy and you'll be sorted.

(Your laptop will require a 32Bit PC Cardbus slot. This is a small slot about the width of a credit card and 5mm high)


Andy

 

do I stiil need the pcmcia card even tho the laptop is supposed to be wireless, it's a Dell inspiron with centrino.

Thanks

 

ahh, looks like it's already got a Wireless 2200 802.11b/g card in it...

no then.

Andy

 

cheers for the help Andy, are they easy to set up?

 

read the reviews on the links you've already posted.

easy.


Andy

 

cheers mate.

Chris

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...etworking.html

The D-Link 902 for £58 is excellent

 

Directed at Tiss and not Turboman,
looking back on the post all you actually need is an access point if you only have the one laptop....
Much cheaper.

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...?ProductID=536


Andy

 

Cheers Fuzz, wouldn't I need a ADSL one thoughrather than MBPS? had a look can't find one?

 

Just had a quick scan through of the small print on a few devices and all access points seem to require a network switch further up the line somewhere, so kinda defeating the object other than extending an already intergrated network.
I've learnt something

Back to square one then..
wont go far wrong with the DG834G/GT (I have the GT, bit more expensive but is 108Mbs instead of 54Mbs with the right adapter)


Andy

 

o.k cheers mate the 834 it is then. Sorry for hijacking the thread Turboman, allhelp appreciated.

Chris