just went wireless
 

just wanted to share. i'm sitting in the living room posting this thread - you just gotta love wireless!

:thumbsup

Heh, I'm changing over to a Laptop/Wireless combination soon just because of the flexibility. Its sweet to be able to check mail & browse wherever you want :)

I used to be wireless. Working on the beach is awsome:)

yeah... it's good for labtops pda's etc.
But don't go for it for your entire network - it will just give you greys beleive me...

Congrats on the WLAN for your labtop though...

Gues what... I'm posting this while taking a dump :winkwink:

your damn right it is

Cool congrats!! I might do it in the next couple of months :thumbsup

is it hard to setup ?
how much does it cost?

Enjoy your dump.

I am sitting at the Mall here in Miami and having a nice work day. what a view!!

yeah - I dont know - how big of a screen can a laptop have?

setup only took minutes - i just plugged my modem into the internet port on the wireless router and plugged my hub into port 1. cost me $110 for the router/pc card combo at Best Buy

It's great being able to post to GFY while sitting on the pot. Just remember to move before your legs fall asleep. :thumbsup

Wireless is so fuckin' nice when you have a laptop ! :thumbsup

Kind of defeats the point without a laptop hugh. Congrats on the new freedom.

i've been wireless since '99. could never go back - wireless rules!

I just picked up a D-Link wirless router dose up to 108mps so I hope it works well

hooray!!! :thumbsup

its about freakin time man.

Welcome to the world of high speed. Its a great thing isnt it. I am posting from the backyard :-)

good feeling.
i wanna go wirelles, too

:1orglaugh

I'll probably get wireless one of these days... it would be handy. I wonder what the physical effects on the body from wireless routers will be discovered in a few years :) that's a pretty powerfull signal passing through you.

If your just using wireless for surfing (my main box is offline) does it make sense to spend the extra money and get the g instead of the b?

I've set up several B wireless routers and they are fine for just browseing the net.. I've never set up a g so this will be my 1st one.. mine is called a extreem G :1orglaugh so it better be fast

router I bought

Make sure you lock it down. I've got over 5 wireless networks in my neighbourhood i can just connect to and checkout all the pcs those idiots have in their network. You don't want that :)

congrats

What speeds do you get with wireless? Does it change when you move around?

Nice to see having a shit while posting getting some love, that's my personal favourite advantage of wifi

wireless getting more popular nowadays.
i use Linkys routers for my home network:thumbsup

I use my cell phone in that way :glugglug I can check stats and shit just fine on my phone..

Got to love Wireless!

and how do u recommend that i lock it down? i have a firewall installed on each comp - is that enough?

Wireless rules

Wireless..They all say that they cover up to 1800 feets (500m) but don't believe that. If you will use them for more then 300 feets , forget it all. It will not work.. but for office usage it is great..

I am about 150feet from the antenna and I am connected at 54mbps


And it's FREE!

Yep that is a quite reasonable distance for wireless.

That is good especially when you get the internet from the neighbours :1orglaugh

Even though I setup a wireless base station here, I can access two other wireless networks if I wanted to.

Wait until WIMAX technology becomes more common, we'll all be able to connect wireless broadband anywhere within 30 miles!

:thumbsup

Wireless is a pain in the ass...Ive got a linksys 802.11b router and linksys wireless card - but keeping my network up 24/7 seems to be a problem. :(

I have a couple issues with wireless...firstly ssh sessions will drop after a few minutes. And I recently picked up a new Sony K15 laptop and for some reason it forces my SMC 2404 to lose it's IP from time to time. Wierd.

Its nice isn't it? Nothing like 100Mbit lan but 11Mbits will do for most things.

good choice, I usted to have wireless:thumbsup