Setting up the wireless NW

Jason Brown · 09-01-2005, 09:17 PM

We have three comps to go on the NW in a 3 story house. One on the top floor and two in the basement. The majority of use and demand will come from the basement. Both basement computers must be wireless....while the internet access is at the roof computer. Is having the router on the top floor and my comps in the basement going to be too far away? Impede my access speed?

I've never done the wireless thing from more than 5 feet away...would like to know before I start putting money down.

Jason

Trizoy · 09-02-2005, 04:26 AM

Maybe it would be the best bet to try the mid level area to work in both areas... It should pickup signal aslong as you dont have lead walls... But you can buy and return if it dont work

Jason Brown · 09-02-2005, 01:32 PM

How about download speed, is that boing to be effective? If I lose my high speed there is no point....i download/upload a few Gigs a week.

**dragon2309** · 09-02-2005, 01:46 PM

what might be a better option is to try and link two different wireless routers together by a long Cat 5 cable. Have one at the top which services the top pc and then run the cabel down to the lower floor where it would plug into a second router which would broadcast for the 2 basement pcs. More money but definatley a way to get a good signal

09-01-2005, 09:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Brown New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 11	Setting up the wireless NW We have three comps to go on the NW in a 3 story house. One on the top floor and two in the basement. The majority of use and demand will come from the basement. Both basement computers must be wireless....while the internet access is at the roof computer. Is having the router on the top floor and my comps in the basement going to be too far away? Impede my access speed? I've never done the wireless thing from more than 5 feet away...would like to know before I start putting money down. Jason

09-02-2005, 01:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,421	what might be a better option is to try and link two different wireless routers together by a long Cat 5 cable. Have one at the top which services the top pc and then run the cabel down to the lower floor where it would plug into a second router which would broadcast for the 2 basement pcs. More money but definatley a way to get a good signal __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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09-02-2005, 04:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,663	Maybe it would be the best bet to try the mid level area to work in both areas... It should pickup signal aslong as you dont have lead walls... But you can buy and return if it dont work

09-02-2005, 01:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jason Brown New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 11	How about download speed, is that boing to be effective? If I lose my high speed there is no point....i download/upload a few Gigs a week.