wireless connections

LadyDay · (#1 (**permalink**))

my friend just reccomended a wireless usb for use with my laptop

how does it work and how secure is the wireless connection

or am i better off seeing if i can latch on to someone elses wireless network

LadyDay · (#2 (**permalink**))

so no one knows anything about wireless internet/broadband connections

SoulRebel · (#3 (**permalink**))

[suP]It looks like pretty recent technology, so maybe not many have direct experience - I don't....but you would use it in the same way as you would use a USB cable - for example, to connect a laptop to a modem/router - so I don't see that it affects your ability to connect to the Internet if your laptop has a mobile Ethernet card - you wouldn't need a USB connection for that anyway....or have I misunderstood?[/suP]

[suP]This might explain better than I can:[/suP]

http://www.intel.com/technology/comms/wusb/index.htm

King Capo · (#4 (**permalink**))

No usb is needed, get a mini pci wireless card installed in your laptop and latch on to somebodies signal.

Incognito · (#5 (**permalink**))

LadyDay don't do it. I started this job as a consultant last year October and I've never done so much pen pushing in my life - the documentation is relentless.Igot given a laptop to do the job which means I do get plenty opportunity to work from home. It has wireless connectiviity and I tell you I'd be compiling docs and posting on blacknet simultaneouslyall day....you're even browsingwhen sitting on the toilet LOL

LadyDay · (#6 (**permalink**))

@Incognito it has to be done. i like the idea of lying in my bed and chilling back with my laptop

the browsing on the loo....that must be some serious loo action bighairlol

Bengyblkm · (#7 (**permalink**))

@ Ladyday.. it is the cost that will cripple you (literarily)

Subscribe to Vodafone, you will received pcma card, using the infra-red of you mobile phone.. your laptop must have infrared connection.. In December 2005 the vodafone were chaging Â£35.00 monthly subscription plus .30p for duration. Vodafone will require good credit status though..

Shemsi en Tehuti · (#8 (**permalink**))

LadyDay wrote:

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my friend just reccomended a wireless usb for use with my laptop

how does it work and how secure is the wireless connection

or am i better off seeing if i can latch on to someone elses wireless network

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If you already have a broadband or relatively highspeed internet connection, then all you need is connecting Ethernet cables and a wireless router like this...

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This Linksys router is the one I use in my home. I have cable internet where I connect my PC to the router and then the router to the cable modem to get my internet. This router can have up to 4 desktop computers connected to it and a limitlessamount of wireless connections. I have a laptop which has the wireless card/antenna built into the monitor for 802.11 b/g. Make sure the router you get says "G", so that you get the most versatile protocol support (for wireless technology thus far), although a "B" router would work fine (with slower speeds).

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Every new laptop should have wireless built in; however, if you need a peripherral device for this then you could use one of several wireless USB devices...

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I do have the second device above made by NetGear. You could even plug this into another PC/desktop and pick up a wireless connection.

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As for network security, simply turn on the WEP in your router with whatever passphrase you want. To be honest with you, I have cracked every wireless network I have attempted (I am an electrical engineer). The encryption is weak. It only keeps out people who don't have the know-how; furthermore,most people don't even turnthe WEP on, so no need to bother.

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If you are just going to snoop on someone else's network, it is ok but you don't know how their internet connection and congestion may be. You also have to worry about getting a strong enough signal tapping someone else's network. When I am at home, I have an excellent signal no matter where I am with the laptop...even outside. You may not be so lucky tapping someone else's.

LadyDay · (#9 (**permalink**))

^thanks for the info

gonna see what the price range is for the wireless usb...does it take alot of memory and must the main pc be switched on at all times for it to work?

TheDogon · (#10 (**permalink**))

Well, the brotha you are talking to hereis pretty sharp. Yeah, it doesn't eat up much memory. Just enough to run the wireless driver. A USB connector will be pretty cheap, since is it slower. But if you are just using it to access the Internet, you won't notice the speed at all.

As for being "switched" on, your USB connector should connect automatically when you power up your computer. So you don't have to leave your computer on. If you have any problems it will be because of distance/interference etc.

But the brotha who you are talking to here is right-on everything he has said.

Shemsi en Tehuti · (#11 (**permalink**))

ditto on what Dogon said...you should have no worries about memory or anything. The USB drivers of your computer handle the USB port so you don't have to worry about turning it on.

As for the "main PC", once you connect through a router, there is no main PC. Every computer connected whether wired or wireless are on the same network...your own home network.

LadyDay · (#12 (**permalink**))

ok sounds workable

thanks again guys

LadyDay · (#13 (**permalink**))

are these any good

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...ccessories.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...ccessories.htm

also have looked at these. the belkin and netgear ones

http://www.ntlshop.ntlworld.com/webs...elected=350302

i am trying to cut cost

what feautures shoul i look for and is speed boosting an essential