i've just ordered 500k broadband and was wondering if anyone has recommendations on a wireless access point.

I want to connect main desktop at the ADSL point and another low spec desktop in my son's room in the "roof".

any advice very welcome :)

Hi, Netgear do a decent Wireless Access Point.

Mark

I got the netgear WG602 for £117 from Dabs.com with a 54g pcmcia card included. Sounds like you need a router as well though for what you want.

goto dsl-warehouse.co.uk

they're doing a good deal on the dlink combo ethernet modem and wireless hub / access point.

I got one of these from SEG.

http://www.seg.co.uk/products/a_vigor2600we.html

Great bit of kit - all built in (firewall, etc) and just works. Good range on the wireless (I have it in an upstairs room and get good signal strength all over the house - got a wireless laptop and PDA).

depending what wireless setup you want, you can get a peer2peer wireless setup with 2 wireless NIC. ideally would be a AP (access point) and wireless client NIC.

you can get a all-in-one hardware solution which consist of adsl modem, router and wireless.

Don't know if it is sold in your market, but I made the mistake of buying some "Sitecom" wireless kit last year and it was sh1t. Avoid.

Suresh

Linksys have just been bought out by Cisco and they have some ereally cool additions for wireless home use ie PS2 and mp3 Jukebox additions.

Don't want to thread hijack, but whats this peer2peer wireless setup ?

I already have an ADSL Router (not wireless) and want to link to my X-Box downstairs without cables. Don't really want to fork out on a new wireless ADSL router as well as a bridge. Is there a way of transmitting a wireless signal direct from my PC ?

peer to peer is like linking one PC to another PC (one-to-one connection). whereas if you are using a AP (access point), you can link one AP to more tha one wireless client.

so for peer to peer, you only need 2 wireless NIC.

Thanks suba :)

So does this mean that I can connect my X-Box to my PC with a wireless NIC in the PC and an wireless ethernet bridge on my X-Box ? Or prehaps a bridge on the X-Box and one on the router ?

Dunk,

I have a D-Link AirPlus set up for my XBox.
Wireless router/modem for my network and ADSL connection and the XBox is hardwired into the ethernet port.
I think there's a widget out now that allows a wireless connection with the XBox rather than use a cable but haven't looked around tbh

Be careful as not all wireless apps are XBox compatible.