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Redfallon · 06-04-2004, 11:32 AM

You would hardwire the pc outback into the router, I assume, with the cable included with the router. Then you would need a NIC for the upstairs computer and the downstairs one. If price is a concern, you *could* try a USB adapter, and if the two computers aren't being used at the same time you could pull the USB adapter and take it to whichever computer you wanted. This would save buying another NIC. Even if it connects at 802.11a speeds of 11Mbps, it's still faster than cable or DSL connection, and WAY faster than dialup

06-04-2004, 11:32 AM	#24
Redfallon Resident Intel Fanboy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 1,669	You would hardwire the pc outback into the router, I assume, with the cable included with the router. Then you would need a NIC for the upstairs computer and the downstairs one. If price is a concern, you could try a USB adapter, and if the two computers aren't being used at the same time you could pull the USB adapter and take it to whichever computer you wanted. This would save buying another NIC. Even if it connects at 802.11a speeds of 11Mbps, it's still faster than cable or DSL connection, and WAY faster than dialup __________________ ...wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat...