mixed network

[devangm]

Hi all,

I am currently running a cable modem with a Linksys 1 port router with NAT, connected to a CNET 8 port switch. All my machines also have ZoneAlarm.

I just got a new laptop and would like to add wireless functionality. My question is:

Do I get a WAP or a Wireless Router? Currently I just need to have wireless on my laptop, but I may have 1 or 2 PCs with wireless down the road.

Also, my cordless phones are 2.4Ghz. Will this interfere with my WAP/Wirelss Router?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Dave

 

[jlanka]

you just need a WAP

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[devangm]

Thanks,

1 last questions. I 've heard that the D-Link WAP with the airport card could give me up to 22 Mbps. Any truth to that?

 

[jlanka]

yeah, I think they call that stuff AirPlus

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[kwebb68]

MAC airport devices use Lucent radios. 22 Mbs is a proprietary encoding scheme called Packet Binary Convolution Coding used with Texas Instrument radios. In contrast, 11 Mb signalling uses CCK, Complimentary Coding Key. 802.11a at 54 Mb and when .11g gets ratified they'll also use OFDM, Orthagonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, at their higher data rates.

When you say Airport card, if your actually talking about a Macintosh Apple client card, it won't associate at 22 Mbps, but it will still associate to an 802.11b+ AP, just with CCK at 11 Mbps.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by kwebb68 on 12/27/02 10:41 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[phr0ze]

A lot of great info kwebb. I don't really see where it fits? Anyways. I just want ot say I have almost identical setup. Linksys router, 8 port switch, and I got an SMC access point. I like it all. I also have 3 2.4ghz phones and have noticed no problems.

To me the PC Card's antena size and being able to choose from different vendors is more important than the 22mb.
With that said... check out this 3com with xjack.... http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10325591&loc=101
Beats the hell out of pulling out the card every time you pack up.

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phr0Ze

 

[kwebb68]

"I don't really see where it fits?"

Really?

Perhaps you should read every post in the thread.

 

[phr0ze]

I didn't mean any insult by that kwebb. It is a lot of great info. I just assumed when he said Airport he slipped and meant the AirPlus. Which another user also pointed out. So with that in mind I don't see where the technical data fits.

Ohh well. No hard feelings.. My eyes are just glazing over.

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phr0Ze

 

[kwebb68]

Your right. He probably did mean airplus. I guess I should have rubbed my eyes a bit too. Sorry about that.