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WiFi Query

  • 01-07-2005 8:24am
    #1
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭


    I have 512k BB with Wanadoo.fr. Unlimited.
    Consistant speeds of 640kbps.
    PB Easynote laptop.
    I am thinking of a wifi connection using a Vivanco PCMCIA card 802.11g
    Will it be slower or is it worth the effort ?


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  • #2
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    You shouldn't notice any difference in speed.
    The transfer rate between the card and the router will 54mbps which is a lot faster than your BB connection will ever be.


  • #3
    juliuspret
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭juliuspret


    Hagar,

    Yeah you wont feel the sting of wifi until you have a 5/10mbit connection.

    http://www.wanadoo.fr/bin/frame2.cgi?u=http://abonnez-vous.wanadoo.fr/home.phtml

    I feel sick....€34,90 for first 6 months and €44,90 a month after you can get a 18Mbit connection....!!!


  • #4
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Thanks guys for the info.

    I live about 3k from the town centre on top of a hill so at the moment that's the fastest I can get. However local upgrades are planned so I hope to get up to 8mb within a few months.

    Wanadoo supplied an ethernet modem for €1 and I was online within 24 hours of ordering. An electrical storm blew my laptop port so Wanadoo generously replaced the modem with a USB version for €1. I don't leave it plugged in overnight anymore.

    Eircom are you listening...

    Off topic - you should see the view from the top of the hill. :D


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