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Irish Broadband + Wireless Router??

  • 02-12-2007 02:43AM
    #1
    chat2joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭


    Hey,

    Has anyone tried sharing an Irish Broadband connection with a Wireless Router??
    I've it working grand with a Wireless Access point but if 2 people try to use it it knocks someone off...

    Just wondering before I invest!

    Cheers,

    Joe


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  • #2
    woolymammoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭woolymammoth


    chat2joe wrote: »
    I've it working grand with a Wireless Access point but if 2 people try to use it it knocks someone off...
    And rightly so!

    Wireless Access Points differ from Wireless Routers in that access points let you connect to a network that is managed by a router elsewhere, whereas Wireless Routers will let you connect and it'll manage the connections too.

    When you have IBB, a wireless access point, and 2 PC's, it's that same as having IBB, 1 cable, and 2 PC's! you can only connect one at a time! What you need is a wireless router that can manage the traffic from multiple PC's on one internet connection.


    [edit] BTW, i shoud say, i have IBB and a Netgear WRG614 v7, with 4 laptops on the wireless, no problems at all!


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