WIFI Router Help

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hahahari

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Hi guys, I am new here, used to be a digitian but that forum is more or less dead :)

Anyways I am in a spot and need help ASAP,

I have a Laptop(vista) and N81 both of which are wifi enabled and I have a PC which is NOT wifi enabled. I require a wifi router which I can use in ethernet mode with the PC(XP) and at the same time use in WIFI mode for laptop and N81. I do not want to spend some more to make my PC wifi enabled.

I also want to access the fies on PC from Laptop and vice versa through that config.

Can the router be configured to work like this?

I want the wifi to be accesible for two floors, that is for the floor I am in and the floor above. The distance is not much, if I draw a straight line from my router position to the laptop position in the floor above it comes to somewhat 10 meters with a roof in between.

Is such a range acheivable?
Which router can acheive both of this and what is the approx cost.:hap2:

Regards
Hari
 
you can buy any regular wifi router from dlink, linksys, buffalo etc. costs are starting at 1600 and can go upto 4000 or more as per the model, and yes, you can do filesharing across them easily. Models like dlink dir 300 & linksys wrt54g2 have 4 lan ports, 1 port to connect to internet and ofc a wifi access point, so all can work together.

Cheers :D
 
The 54G2 does fine through four walls for me, and I'm using mine till two floors down. My N85 picks up the signal all the way from the ground floor (I'm on the third).
 
cranky said:
The 54G2 does fine through four walls for me, and I'm using mine till two floors down. My N85 picks up the signal all the way from the ground floor (I'm on the third).
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Then 54G2 it is then. Thanx guys.
 
cranky said:
The 54G2 does fine through four walls for me, and I'm using mine till two floors down. My N85 picks up the signal all the way from the ground floor (I'm on the third).
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With a WRT54G2 non-modded when placed on 3rd floor, enough to reach terrace, grnd floor, parking lot (of 6 flr building) & building opposite (v. low signal here). Yeah yeah, we do all manner of keeda here :cool2:

Cheers :D
 
hahahari said:
@axeman, wow that is superb.

What is modded and unmodded version?
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Erm, Linksys routers can use firmware made by "other" people on the interwebs. So essentially we take the much superior firmware and flash the brand new router with it to get more features, better range, and better speeds. (Its like a super mini Linux type firmware)

Ofc warranty voids, and with the new WRT54G2 to revert back to stock firmware means open-solder-solder-solder-buyexpensivecable-flash-flash-desolder.

So don't do it. :P
 
axeman said:
Erm, Linksys routers can use firmware made by "other" people on the interwebs. So essentially we take the much superior firmware and flash the brand new router with it to get more features, better range, and better speeds. (Its like a super mini Linux type firmware)

Ofc warranty voids, and with the new WRT54G2 to revert back to stock firmware means open-solder-solder-solder-buyexpensivecable-flash-flash-desolder.

So don't do it. :P
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thnx for the heads up.
 
Btw do you know if AP is available on BSNL's D Link router? and what abt its range.

PS: I am ordering a secondary internt connection from BSNL to supplement my TATA internet.
 
axeman said:
Erm, Linksys routers can use firmware made by "other" people on the interwebs. So essentially we take the much superior firmware and flash the brand new router with it to get more features, better range, and better speeds. (Its like a super mini Linux type firmware)

Ofc warranty voids, and with the new WRT54G2 to revert back to stock firmware means open-solder-solder-solder-buyexpensivecable-flash-flash-desolder.

So don't do it. :P
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pfff
thats a bit tooo scary - I have done over a 100 firmware flashes - including flashing over wi-fi
never a problem - dont scare the d00d - let him buy a linksys /buffalo and realize the true potential via a firmware flash ...
 
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