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Originally Posted by mmc
hey ppl,
thnx 4 da answer
is Netgear betta den Linksys? i liked this one Netgear WGR614. is it gud?
will WRT54GSUK work in my laptop?
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should do, if your laptops got built in wireless u wont need that usb adaptor that comes with the pcworld offer, Nothing to stop you buying a different router, depends if you want a usb wireless adaptor as well you could use the usb adaptor with the desktop if you wanted to use wireless on that rather than wired.
as for netgear i recently replaced a cheapo safecom wireless card (dunno if it was the card or the driver but it was playing up a lot) with a netgear one (wg511t, my laptop doesnt have builtin wireless) and so far im extremely satisifed with its performance and all the problems i was having with the wireless connection before have gone. Im connecting to a belkin router btw.
linksys are usally pretty good to ive got an old linksys wireless card laying around somewhere that still works fine.
netgear, belkin , linksys, d-link are some of the more known brands on network hardware. I should imagine they all do a simular job.
as long as both your router and wireless device are 802.11g compatable they should work, some companies offer various technologys that allows you to get 108mbit if you certian models of their equipment together, but any 802.11g compatable card should be able to connect to any 802.11g compatable router @ around 54mbit (it may connect at a lower speed if theres a weak signal or lots of interferance to ensure reliable data transfer)
also most 801.11G routers support the older 802.11B standard (as do 802.11g cards) the difference is 802.11B based hardware can only achieve 11mbits over wireless where as 802.11G hardware can achieve a connection speed for around 54mbits.
maximum actuall transfer speed though a 802.11G wireless network will probably be somewhere around 22mbits (thats the fastest i could get though it when shifting data over a wireless lan laptop on wireless > desktop on wired) but then thats still 2x faster than ntl's top package.
sorry if i've ended up just confusing you its not intentional sometimes i get a bit carried away!