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Quick advice on a wireless bundle

  • 23-10-2006 12:46pm
    #1
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,038 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to get a wireless bundle for my ntl cable broadband. I've been looking at this bundle on komplett and wondering would this be ok?

    I'm going to be using a laptop and I've heard that a USB wireless adapter is more reliable than a pci card, is there any truth to this or is it just the usb is better to have because it is handier?


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  • #2
    Foxwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    youcancallme>al wrote:
    I'm looking to get a wireless bundle for my ntl cable broadband. I've been looking at this bundle on komplett and wondering would this be ok?
    Yes.
    I'm going to be using a laptop and I've heard that a USB wireless adapter is more reliable than a pci card, is there any truth to this or is it just the usb is better to have because it is handier?
    It's pretty difficult to put a PCI card into a laptop.

    A PCI wireless card has a bigger antenna than a USB adapter. But it may be shielded from your router by the metal case of your PC, and it may be inconvenient to move the PC to get better reception. So it'll work better for some people, and worse for others. A USB adapter and a PCMCIA adapter should be similiar, though with a USB cable, it's easier to reposition the USB adapter if you're getting a flakey signal.


  • #3
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,038 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Just realised the bundle I mentioned above only has WEP encryption, will not having WPA make much of a difference?


  • #4
    Foxwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    youcancallme>al wrote:
    Just realised the bundle I mentioned above only has WEP encryption, will not having WPA make much of a difference?
    Komplett is wrong. The D-Link DWL-922 combo consists of a DI-524 and a DWL-G122. Both of these devices support WPA.


  • #5
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,038 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Foxwood wrote:
    Komplett is wrong. The D-Link DWL-922 combo consists of a DI-524 and a DWL-G122. Both of these devices support WPA.


    Aha right you are :)
    Just one more question. Is it possible that my wireless mouse that also operates at 2.4Ghz could interfere with the wireless router?


  • #6
    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,814 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    The wireless mouse might interfere, but it is unlikely. These things cohabit quite well.

    You should also consider the FON router (http://www.fon.com) - FON also sells a USB adapter. This would be cheaper, but it wouldn't give you extra ethernet sockets which you may need.


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