Wireless network

Hi Baz

Jen and I love our wireless network at home. We can sit on our Queensize bed each with a laptop on our 'laptops' and type away - often to each other - saves talking hahaahahaa.

Not sure if it is faster but is fantastic.

Andrew

Yes I have a laptop and 54mbps G LAN too. Although the LAN is 54mbps unlike the B of 11mbps, your internet speed is still only whatever you ISP says it is. For eg I have ADSL with 64kb upload and 256kb download. I think Bigpond do up to a 1.5mb download. So even though your computers will talk to each other faster (across the LAN) the internet won't be any faster.

If you want to get even faster LAN access then just plug your laptops directly into the router and you'll get 100mbps

Utemad

Hi Baz,

Has your actual internet speed increased? I think that while your home network speed has increased, the slowest link is still the actual internet connection, be it dialup, ADSL or cable.

These typically have a max speed of; dialup - 8kbps, ADSL - 50 kbps and cable - 450 kbps (note: k = 1,000 m=1,000,000). So, while your home connection between your laptop and server has increased dramatically, the speed the internet is served up to you is still dramatically slower than even your old home network speed. Hence I would not expect that you "see" the internet pages any quicker.

This is my understanding of the speed of the network system, but if any IT guru's out there can correct me, please do so.

Sorry to put a wet blanket on your newfound internet speeds ;-)

Cheers

Captain

My network has been honking along for 12mths now Baz. Yes I'm very happy with it, can take the lappy anywhere around the estate with web access.

Sounds as though your "slow" machine has issues, maybe parameters not set correctly for cable which are slowing it down.

I have been using ISDN because we can't get ADSL where I live. I have been thoroughly sick of getting download speeds reacking 7 kps max. So I ordered a one way satellite system which was delivered today. I have just spent the last 3 hours setting it up (and having fun). This is the first site I have logged on to with the new connection and it certainly scareams compared with ISDN. It has a max speed of 400 kps but this probably translates to about 50 to 70 kps in reality. It uses the phone line for the uplink. 3 Gig a month download limit. Costs 90 bucks a month. Initial cost including installation is $278 (because it is subsidised). I installed it myself so when the installer comes next week he can have an easy day.

Baz,

I advise at minimum to disable the broadcast of the wireless network SSID or enable WEP encryption or set static ip addresses for your connected devices. Also make sure you change default usernames and passwords for your wireless router.

Otherwise your nieghbour might be surfing the web at your expense or worse looking at all the files on your network. These changes will make a not so secure medium a little more secure. Also WEP encryption will probably slow your data throughput down a little as it adds additonal parrameters to each ip packet.

Regards,

Stuart.

Thanks everyone for your replies we are happy to with this setup so far and sitting in the backyard playing is good, i had made a mistake with our download limit it is 12 Gig not 1 as i said.

Baz.