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2 home networking questions. fairly straight forward

  • 08-02-2008 7:32pm
    #1
    RoyalMarine
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    my setup is..

    chorus internet box > router > pc + 2 wireless laptop's.

    what would i need to turn the computer into the router and broadcast the internet to the laptop's?

    i assume its just a wireless card for the pc?
    do i need software? whats the best?

    ive got one of those netgear rangemax 10x router's and having woeful problems port forwarding. when i connect the laptop or pc directly into the chorus box downloads are 500kb/s+.
    when using the netgear box it barely goes above 200kb/s.

    ive done my work on the router and decided to sell it soon.

    in the mean time what could i do about getting this steup?

    also, i do a lot of file sharing using the laptop's to the desktop pc.

    when im using ethernet on laptop and pc its some what decent speed.
    when using the pc on ethernet and laptop on wireless its woefully slow.

    am i setting it up wrong? as ive got 108mbps router and my wireless card supports transfer speeds to that extent.

    any help on these 2 matters would be great!


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  • #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Connect the modem to the PC. Install a wireless card on the PC and then set up an ad hoc network between it and the laptops. Then setup internet connection sharing on the PC.

    Worked for me before. Use static ip's on all three machines, with the gateway and dns set to the PC's ip address.

    Edit: and to answer your second query, data transfer rates are always faster on ethernet as it's duplex. Wireless isn't and has additional overheads such as encryption which lower it's throughput speed. On a 54Mbps connection the actual transfer rate maxs out at 20Mbps. This being in theoretical ideal situations. Actual max throughput will often be much less.


  • #3
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    ok sounds good.

    i set up netmonitor and using ethernet, im getting a max transfer of 10mbp's from pc to pc.
    does that sound slow?
    any reason why it would be?


  • #4
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    One of your network cards is only 10mbps? You would need both to be 100mbps to achive that connection rate


  • #5
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    ive got a dell xps m1710 with an Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card and the ethernet connection. im almost sure that its a 100/10 ethernet port.

    desktop is an asus striker motherboard with 2 ethernet ports.


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