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More info?)
dude, if you have cable internet connection and wants to
share it to you other computers, you need the wireless
cable router plus wireless network cards on each of your
computer.
if you just want to use wireless for file transfers
between your computers, you just need to install wireless
network cards in each computer and configure your network
as ad-hoc.
>-----Original Message-----
>It is optional.
>You don't need it to set upa wireless network.
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>"Ram" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1c85501c45259$a8747d30$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Dave:
>> Thanks for your quick response. I do understand that I
>> will need a cable modem and and ISP to connect to the
>> internet.... may be I did not state my question
>> properly... my question was ...right now I have a
>> broadband internet (cable)and I'm planning to buy
802.11g
>> networking kit to connect my WinXP laptop and WinMe
>> desktop (and also share the internet connection). And I
>> wanted to know whether can I still use the wireless
setup
>> that I'm going to setup now (purely for ethernet
>> file/sharing purposes) even if I loose my broadband
>> connection in the future (permanently).
>>
>> In other words, is a broadband connection mandatory for
>> setting up and using a wireless (802.11g) network or is
it
>> optional (and can be used purely for wireless
file/sharing
>> activities)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Ram
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >the cable modem provides you access to the internet.
if
>> you just want to
>> >talk between your two machines and nothing else you
don't
>> ever need that,
>> >you can either do a wired or wireless lan and transfer
>> your files back and
>> >forth all you want without it. however, once you get
rid
>> of the cable
>> >connection you can't get 802.11g to magically pull the
>> internet out of the
>> >air... unless you have a neighbor who hasn't secured
>> their wireless of
>> >course ;-)
>> >
>> >on the different names for the routers, you would have
to
>> check the mfg
>> >specs. there may be some that just have an ethernet
jack
>> for the wan
>> >(internet) side and others may include either the dsl
or
>> cable interface
>> >built in... for instance, you can buy isdn routers that
>> have the isdn
>> >interface built in as the only wan side interface and
>> others that have both
>> >the isdn and ethernet wan interfaces.
>> >
>> >"Ram" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:1c4bc01c45255$1629c330$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have a question regarding setting up a wireless
>> network
>> >> purely for file/sharing (and server/client
environment)
>> >> without ever having a boradband connection. The
reason
>> why
>> >> I want to know an answer is that I'm planning to buy
a
>> >> 802.11g wireless networking kit for my XP
Professional
>> >> laptop and WinMe desktop with a cable modem
connection
>> and
>> >> at a later date can I completely get rid of my
broadband
>> >> connection (forever) and still be able to use the
>> wireless
>> >> setup in a LAN environment?
>> >>
>> >> Also, some wireless routers are named wireless
Cable/DSL
>> >> routers whereas some are called mereley wirless
network
>> >> routers? Are those one and the same?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your help,
>> >> - Ram
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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