Re: Wireless Access for Desk Tops

My admittedly dated experience with USB WiFi adapters is that on Windows XP
the drivers didn't load until the user signed in which can hamper
functionality for some things. For instance, update checkers that run at
startup may run before the adapter driver has loaded & connected making the
update check always fail. On Windows Vista/7/8 this is not a problem.

Another alternative to WiFi would be Powerline networking which runs
Ethernet over the building's power line. Speeds are 200Mbps and up and you
can do a combination of wired & wireless clients as needed.
http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/connect/powerline.



On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Scott Klement <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I've always done it this way, and didn't need a special wireless bridge,
I just used a normal wireless access point.

Though, you can do the same thing with the household combination access
point, router, firewall, NAT gateway devices that have become so
commonplace, the trick is just to hook everything up to the LAN side of
things, and leave the Internet stuff untouched, and then don't use it
for DHCP or as a default gateway.... sorry, this is off on a tangent.

Anyway, I think what Pat is asking for is a recommendation for a good
USB Wi-Fi adapter, right?

I can't help there -- never used a USB wi-fi adapter. I've had PCI ones
that worked nicely, though.



On 6/4/2013 2:00 PM, David Gibbs wrote:

On 6/4/2013 1:40 PM, Pat Barber wrote:

Anybody recommend a wireless adapter for desk tops that I can look
at. A USB version would be ideal.

If you're going to have more than one machine in a difficult to wire

location, consider getting a wireless bridge. That way you just connect
one device (the bridge) and network the rest as you normally would.

david

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