Wireless Network (Setup)

joePC

OK im setting up a wireless network 802.11g

Theres 9 comps in total (5 in room a) (1 in room b) & (3 in room c)

Heres what I got:

Net gear - DG834G X1


Net gear - WG311 X 9


I have my 9 comps, PDC & BDC setup.

Is that everything I need???

Thanks in advance joePC

Lawnkiller

assuming you install everything correctly -

yes

(only thing i can thing of is possible performance issues connecting 9 machines to one access point.....but thats about it.....)

joePC

Thanks Lawnkiller,

I was thinking that myself, im gona add another access point, just to be safe........

Thanks joePC.....

sci0x

Well with 802.11g and your equipment (DG834G and WG311) you can get upto 54Mbps with upto 32 users per access point so the performance cant be that bad, can it, with only 9 computers?

Webmonkey

Correct me if im wrong but as far as I know the Bandwidth to all nodes is equal so with 30 computers it would be exactly same performance as 2 computers.

by the way sci0x, I was up on me roof today and i could almost see your house i think. So maybe we could try doing that wireless network again sometime in the future :cool:

bkehoe

If all computers are going to be active on the network with some fairly decent file transfering - i.e. not just browsing the web, it may be advisable to get a second accesspoint. There is more of a performance hit with multiple pcs on a wireless network than on a wired network (with a hub). Wireless cant compare to a wired network using a switch though!

joePC

Thanks for the info everyone..........