linksys router for home network

"roxbury" wrote in news:1121025201.565162.162740 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

Yes, you can. It's bascially the same has having a wired router. Should be simple to set up with Windows XP, which I assume you are using.

The Chairman

"roxbury" wrote in news:1121025201.565162.162740 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

File and Print Sharing is the configuration of the O/S between two machines to share resources. The router wired or wireless only provides the plumbing to do it.

You want to play Internet games, then you may need to open ports on the router.

However, port forwarding is a high risk activity with the router but it's better than exposing the machine in the DMZ.

You should look into using Wallwatcher to review inbound and outbound traffic to possible dubious remote IP(s). That will require you to change the firmware to one of the ones that will work with WW on the 54G.

Duane :)

Wireless routing is just radio instead of wires. And Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

-- Jafo

Hence the term "cat5."

Yes, however, you don't mention it, so if you have not secured your network, I would suggest first reading up on wireless security BEFORE you start opening things up. An unsecured wifi network is like an ethernet jack at the end of your driveway (except it is even easier to be not seen when on YOUR wifi link ... ). Check out the following links:

Wireless - Basic Configuration -

Wireless - Basic Security - MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN - You might also find this one interesting: Sorry if you are familiar with the above -- for those that are not, it can be quite interesting discovering who you are sharing your network with.

mikey

:)

-- Jafo

I was getting worried there. If a joke falls in a forest and nobody hears it...

It's off-topic, but your remark reminds me of "If a man is in a forest, and there's no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?" :)

-- Jafo

Yes. All the 802.11b/g wireless does is encapsulate the 802.3 ethernet packets. It's exactly as if you had plugged into the wired switch (except there's no wires).

However, there are complications. The WRT54G has a feature called "AP Isolation" which is really "client isolation". It will prevent one wireless client from talking to another. This is useful for coffee shop hot spots, but not a great idea for the home user. It's off by default and should not be a problem.

I'm not sure of the relative position of the upstairs/downstairs networks, but antenna orientation may be a problem. The antenna pattern is a donut like torus with the antenna through the hole. There's not much signal straight up or down. Therefore, if you need coverage in the up or down direction, move one or both antennas from the typical vertical position to horizontal. That will help.

How to setup Windoze XP file sharing.

you're using the Windoze XP SP2 firewall, be sure to add "File and Print Sharing" to the exceptions list.