Re: Ethernet A/B switch?
From: Frank (stratster68_at_IHATESPAMworldnet.att.net)
Date: 05/23/04
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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 09:34:45 -0400
Roland,
Thanks so much for talking the time to write all that out. I really
appreciate it.
Frank l
"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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> "Frank" wrote in message news:e6IXkI5PEHA.640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> : OK. I am opting for the Router. I figure I might as well go wireless
> because
> : I have a nice laptop also with xp pro. I guess I will need a card for
the
> : laptop(wireless) I have been looking at the linksys WRT54G, kind of
> : expensive but looks great. Any Suggestions? And thanks again
> : Frank L
>
> Hi Frank...
>
> Thanks for responding. I think you will be happy with this path you're
> taking. I would like to offer some of my experiences with the SOHO
wireless
> interconnectivity devices on the market. You will probably hear good and
> bad stories from different people which may contradict each other so I
will
> narrow my focus to shared issues between different brands and issues with
> wireless networking.
>
> 1. If you buy the cheapest on the market, you get the cheapest product. I
> have used Linksys, Netgear, SMC and Belkin. At the business level I
> strictly use Cisco.
>
> 2. Re: wireless, I found that 802.11b is basically crap. 54G is a lot
> better and wireless will improve over time but I encourage you to
> investigate wireless technology, specifically spending time researching
> installation. Wireless connectivity, as you would use it, would involve
at
> least one AP (Access Point) and at least one wireless NIC. Your AP should
> be installed where it can either get a clear line of site or a path
through
> a wall that is close to straight through the wall as possible. The
greater
> degree the angle, the more material and which type of material between the
> remote NIC and the AP, the weaker the signal, not to exclude that distance
> also comes into play. 54G appears to handle this a lot better while also
> providing a better networking experience, not to mention a higher speed
over
> 802.11b.
>
> 3. Encryption. You should use encryption and only allow known NICs on
your
> network. Your wireless range, since it is designed to work through walls,
> will not stop at the perimeter of your home. When you can easily make a
> directional microwave receiver from a Pringles can and less than $12 worth
> of parts, you can be sure people drive around with laptops, daily, trying
to
> get into networks wherever they can.
>
> 4. The SOHO wireless routers generally come with a 4-port switch so you
can
> also have wired devices. You can hang another switch off each one of
those
> ports and a multitude of wireless devices. I have a Belkin 54G wireless
> router with switches, servers, printers, workstations and wireless devices
> connecting and I have no connectivity issues or bottlenecks within my
> network. I can walk around with my laptop anywhere in the house and never
> lose connectivity or experience a dramatic loss of bandwidth. It is the
> only SOHO I have used wirelessly at 54G. The others were 802.11b
including
> another Belkin router. I had issues with all of them. The Linksys, the
> model you referenced, offers quite a bit and you may be very happy with
it.
> I don't have any direct related experience to offer there. My wireless
NICs
> are all Cisco. They will most likely run more than the others.
>
> 5. Interfaces: The SOHO routers offer web based interfaces and are
> generally PnP to get up and running with DHCP enabled. This can cause a
> problem if you have DHCP running on a W2K or W2K3 server so you might want
> to connect the router and one workstation to a switch, disable the DHCP
and
> then connect it to your network. If you're running AD, you do not want to
> use DHCP from your router, although it is possible. You also do not want
it
> to provide DNS to the workstations since DNS should be coming from the AD
> server, instead of being passed via the router which is pointed to the
ISPs
> DNS.
>
> HTH...
>
> --
> Roland Hall
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