Re: wifi routers plug and play?
pare pareho lang components lang naman yang mga wireless routers available lately. My wife told me that they refer to the Dlink troubleshooting guide when she worked for linksys.
Re: wifi routers plug and play?
i'm using a wireless-g linksys broadband router...it's basically plug and plug, but you have to follow the instructions step by step during the installation...
to secure it (and to prevent your neighbors from using your bandwidth), use the MAC filter. with it, only those you authorize to use the connection can hook up to it.
Re: wifi routers plug and play?
when we got that SMART BRO installed, we decided to set up a wlan in our house, as we have a desktop, 2 laptops, all our cellphones, and a PSP -- all of them wi-fi capable. we thought we'd be wasting all that internet 24/7 availability if only the PCs are connected...
anyway, i bought a linksys g, the compact one... i got linksys because it's a division of cisco, one of the biggest names in networking. and i got a small router for two important reasons: electric consumption and security.
security, you ask? ;D
okay... being a pioneer in networking technologies since the 1990s, let me share a thing or two about wireless LAN security...
for the most basic: wi-fi means broadcasting our signals out into the open... and that means crackers (bad hackers) can read our messages, etc... so we need adequate security... but how?
we can do this "industrial-strength" method used in corporate offices, but remember, this is just home usage... encryption sucks because it eats up computing power for translation and stuff...
so, first off, i used the MAC filter, making a list of authorized devices that can use our wlan...
second, i disabled the SSID broadcast... so roaming crackers cannot scan the vicinity and discover our wlan... this also means that i had to set up our devices (PCs, cellphones and PSP) to "know" this SSID.
and third, we got a small router, which means a very short range... the farther you are from the router, the fainter the signal gets... and this is precisely what i wanted, a wi-fi router just good enough to encompass the house... now, if crackers want to use our wlan, they might have to lean against the fence ;D
i mean, what's there to crack if they ain't got a signal?
Re: wifi routers plug and play?
wifi routers aren't idiot proof.
If you're not knowledgeable in configuring routers, I suggest you ask a friend who knows or at least try to learn the basics.
Always remember to password protect your router to prevent freeloaders from getting free access to your router and internet connection.
Re: wifi routers plug and play?
internet share is plug and play but not the network "connection" itself
you need to set it up!
if you don't know how then i suggest you read forums that actually teaches you how to set it up or ask someone who knows to do it for you
its actually quite easy now starting with windows xp series
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