$30 D-link Wireless Router/ Adapter? [Archive]

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healimonster

11-23-2003, 01:34 AM

micro center is selling a 30 dollar (after rebate) wireless router /adapter.

See the 4th box ad down on the left hand side.

http://www.microcenter.com/images/specials/1103b_page04_760.jpg

My question is:

Can a router be an adapter?

Can you just by two of these things to send a signal from your modem and recieve it at the computer?

Livy

11-23-2003, 01:38 AM

your modem is physically plugged into the router, which has a wireless adapter built in, so u can acces the router from pcs with wireless network cards. and some also have physical ports aswell.

lynx

11-23-2003, 01:52 AM

Needs a separate broadband modem with ethernet connection (not USB).

Good price for a router.
Good price for a wireless access point.

Excellent price for a router/wireless access point.

healimonster

11-23-2003, 02:16 AM

Still confused

I obviously have a modem with an Ethernet out however I have no wireless products.
Right now I switch out 2 Ethernet cords. 1 goes to my PC the other goes to my XBOX.

If I buy this wireless router, I would plug it into my modem, and then I could run a hard wire to my XBOX out of the router and buy another wireless router and use it as an access point for my PC?

Hmmm?

lynx

11-23-2003, 03:37 AM

You would need a wireless pci adapter (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=12) for your pc. I can't tell from the picture which router that is, so it may or may not have a built in hub. If it has, then you can connect your XBOX directly. If not, you would need to get a wireless access point (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=10) to connect in to the wireless network.

The links I have given are only examples. They will be compatible with the router/access point you've shown, but may not be the best priced.

h121589

11-23-2003, 05:56 AM

Originally posted by healimonster@23 November 2003 - 01:34
micro center is selling a 30 dollar (after rebate) wireless router /adapter.

See the 4th box ad down on the left hand side.

My question is:

Can a router be an adapter?

Can you just by two of these things to send a signal from your modem and recieve it at the computer?
thats the router i have its pretty good

Can a router be an adapter? NO

Can you just by two of these things to send a signal from your modem and recieve it at the computer? NO u have to buy that big one in the pic that u showed and another small 1 the big 1 is a router and the small 1 is a adapterhttp://dlink.com/images/products/DI-624/DI-624_main.gifhttp://dlink.com/images/products/DWL-G120/DWL-G120_main.gif

h121589

11-23-2003, 05:57 AM

http://dlink.com/

healimonster

11-23-2003, 06:23 AM

Whats the difference between this Wireless Bridge (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=45) this Access Point (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=223) or perhaps this wireless adapter (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=25) other than one is a USB item?

kurtsl0an

11-23-2003, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by h121589@23 November 2003 - 05:56
http://dlink.com/images/products/DI-624/DI-624_main.gif
hold up! first of all, that router is only 30 bucks? and secondly, what's with the 108Mbps speed? i've never even heard of that, and i work on networks fer a living. have i missed something?

i know 10/100/1000 for wired ethernet, and 11, 22, and 55 for wireless, what's the 108?

lynx

11-23-2003, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by healimonster@23 November 2003 - 06:23
Whats the difference between this Wireless Bridge (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=45) this Access Point (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=223) or perhaps this wireless adapter (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=25) other than one is a USB item?
Wireless access point - a sort of master station for your wireless network. The router/access point has one of these built in. You don't need another access point unless you are going to connect another wired network into the system.

Wireless bridge - used to connect an wired ethernet device into the wireless network - this is what you need (not the access point, mislead you earlier) to connect a single device such as your XBOX.

Wireless adapter - Similar to the wireless bridge, but usb connection. A direct alternative to the wireless pci adapter. Connects an individual pc into wireless network.

lynx

11-23-2003, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by kurtsl0an+23 November 2003 - 09:43--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kurtsl0an @ 23 November 2003 - 09:43)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-h121589@23 November 2003 - 05:56
http://dlink.com/images/products/DI-624/DI-624_main.gif
hold up! first of all, that router is only 30 bucks? and secondly, what's with the 108Mbps speed? i've never even heard of that, and i work on networks fer a living. have i missed something?

i know 10/100/1000 for wired ethernet, and 11, 22, and 55 for wireless, what's the 108? [/b][/quote]
You quote 11,22 and 55 for wireless.

802.11b standard goes up to 11mbps, but by using two frequencies at the same time you can get bidirectional rates each at 11mbps which is quoted as 22mbps.

802.11g standard goes up to 54 (not 55) mbps. I believe the higher data rates are achieved by using multiple frequencies which didn't leave very much over for bidirectional access. I assume this has now been overcome, so they are quoting bidirectional rates of 108mbps.

I don't understand what they mean by "up to 15 times faster" though.