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Adding a wireless router

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  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Will that thing ever die? Best router ever made.

    No you dont need a crossover cable. Crossovers are only used to make a direct connection from one PC to another. Just get a plain old Cat5e.

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=113790

    The back of the linksys has 4 Lan Ports and 1 modem port. You existing cable goes in the modem port and your PC connects to Lan1. The Router does all the rest.

    I dont like the Linksys USB device. It hogs a fair bit of CPU. A lot actually. If you want your PC to be wireless instead get a proper PCI card.


  • #3
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Nice one for that but i dont think i will put the pc wireless as the connection coming into the house is right next to the pc so its handy run to modem and pc . so uncessary for it to be wireless . Im picking up a laptop next weekend so the wireless is for that . Nice one .
    One last question i know i probably doesnt make any difference but under the modem in the description it says Mbps 802.11g, WPA, QoS, 4P switch, Linux
    i presume linux or no linux it works fine with windows 7 or any version of windows?


  • #4
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,758 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    Nice one for that but i dont think i will put the pc wireless as the connection coming into the house is right next to the pc so its handy run to modem and pc . so uncessary for it to be wireless . Im picking up a laptop next weekend so the wireless is for that . Nice one .
    One last question i know i probably doesnt make any difference but under the modem in the description it says Mbps 802.11g, WPA, QoS, 4P switch, Linux
    i presume linux or no linux it works fine with windows 7 or any version of windows?

    The Linux is more of a reference to the ability to install your own firmware. The non-Linux ones use vxWorks instead. Either should work fine with Windows.


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