jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Sep 27 07:17:58 CDT 2007
I have looked at them. I am not a notwork guy but my reading is that the repeater effects the security in that it has a MAC address and thus "hides" the mac address trying to connect through it. I use MAC addresses to lock down access to my network, i.e. only specific mac addresses are allowed through the wireless. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:14 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] routers Sounds like a wireless repeater would help you out. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:29 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] routers You are right about the speed being better than the internet. Even if the speed is severely degraded, a wireless will usually provide way more than your internet connection. My internet is 5 mbit / sec so FOR INTERNET BROWSING, anything more than that is unused. Of course I do dev work on my machine including pulling data out of files on my Server and feeding it through a VB.Net program and back to SQL Server. For that I need the fastest possible connection. So when I am at my desk I plug my laptop (which has a 1 gbit NIC) to a 1 gbit switch that all of my servers plug into. But if I just need the flexibility of moving downstairs I have it. And my wife's laptop is in her office downstairs and she is always wireless. One problem that I have is that my wireless is my hardware firewall as well. I really need to move my cable modem and wireless downstairs to the basement (for the best coverage of the main floor) but then I would have to snake a wired connection up to my second floor office to connect to my gigabit switch. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 4:16 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] routers My wife and I love the ability to move around the house and even outside with the laptops. Having only a wired connection would severely restrict that movement. I have done work out in the garage, out in the driveway, on the dining room table, on the kitchen table, upstairs in the bedroom and out back on the deck. Depending on how far away we are from the router the wireless connection is just as fast as a wired connection for Internet browsing. It is as fast as the cable modem connection speed is. For small print jobs you really don't notice any speed difference either between wired and wireless. If we were doing a lot of file sharing that would be different of course. I usually use my laptop in the same office that the router is in and could easily plug in a wire but really don't see a need to. Occasionally I have to click on a "repair connection" option to get connected when I come out of hibernation but that is very infrequently, maybe once every 20 times. You really had bad luck with wireless didn't you Rocky? ;-) I think Susan is concerned with having the wired connections to the computers with her grandchildren running about and maybe tripping over the wires. GK On 9/26/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > You need a connection to the router. Not necessarily wireless. If > you could run cable easily that would be better - faster, more > reliable. The Netgear is a good compromise, IMO. > > Rocky > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com