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MovedGoalPosts · 11-10-2007, 19:52

If you want to run P2P stuff, I'd suggest the linksys WRT54GL router, rather than the GS. OK it doesn't have speedbooster, but it uses a Linux based firmware. That is designed to be altered uprated or replaced, and there are many third party firmware providers out there such as DD-WRT. The advantages of third party firmware are additional tweaks, and that can include power of the wireless signal, but also limiting various connections.

As you have a laptop, I'd advise against a USB based adaptor. The advantage of a lappy, it in it's portability. A USB adaptor will have a short lead and thus be something else to dangle by wire from the lappy. However the PCMIA cards described before will simply plug in and mount in the lappy without you needing to support or separately pick the thing up when you move around.

What is the laptop computer make and model? We might be able to confirm it's compatibility.

11-10-2007, 19:52	#13
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Wireless help needed: what am i looking to buy? If you want to run P2P stuff, I'd suggest the linksys WRT54GL router, rather than the GS. OK it doesn't have speedbooster, but it uses a Linux based firmware. That is designed to be altered uprated or replaced, and there are many third party firmware providers out there such as DD-WRT. The advantages of third party firmware are additional tweaks, and that can include power of the wireless signal, but also limiting various connections. As you have a laptop, I'd advise against a USB based adaptor. The advantage of a lappy, it in it's portability. A USB adaptor will have a short lead and thus be something else to dangle by wire from the lappy. However the PCMIA cards described before will simply plug in and mount in the lappy without you needing to support or separately pick the thing up when you move around. What is the laptop computer make and model? We might be able to confirm it's compatibility.