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    Advice on hardware for home network
    « on: January 09, 2009, 04:47:26 PM »
    I want to set up a home network.
    I have my desktop "Windows XP home edition service pack 3 (build 2600) in my study room. It is connected
    to a modem " skyedge Pro/IP VSAT" with a big disk on the roof of our house.
    My wife got a "toshiba satellite M300/00R notebook (cat No: XC4253) and will use in in the lounge room.
    We want wireless connection.
    What is the best and suitable hardware to buy?
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    Re: Advice on hardware for home network
    « Reply #1 on: January 09, 2009, 06:40:17 PM »
    Buy a wireless modem.  It will then be connected to your modem.  Your desktop will connect to the router via cable and your wife's laptop can connect wirelessly to the router.  Then, if you want, you can enable file sharing or printer sharing. 

    Which brand/model is best?  I don't know.  I've been using a D-Link DI-524 for about two years.  Besides D-Link, other major brands are Linksys, Netgear, Belkin, and others.  The price range is rather wide, if you consider all models on the market.  Here's one at about $50 that I'd consider:  LINKSYS WRT54G2 IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless-G Broadband Router - Retail .  The reviews there may be helpful.
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      Re: Advice on hardware for home network
      « Reply #2 on: January 09, 2009, 11:00:20 PM »
      My PC run "windows XP home edition service pack 3, but my
      wife PC run on "vista Home prenium".
      Should i change to vista before to set up my network?
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      Re: Advice on hardware for home network
      « Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 07:59:17 PM »
      No, no OS change is needed for this.

      Networking support goes all the way back to Windows 98

      I run a home network with a XP Pro and Vista machine no problems.
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      Re: Advice on hardware for home network
      « Reply #4 on: January 10, 2009, 09:31:51 PM »
      Quote from: Kurtiskain on January 10, 2009, 07:59:17 PM
      No, no OS change is needed for this.

      Networking support goes all the way back to Windows 98

      I run a home network with a XP Pro and Vista machine no problems.

      Unless you want to share folders... can't remember which one had problems, but it turns out Vista uses a newer version of some protocol that XP doesn't respond too, or something.

      as far as internet goes, it would work flawlessly.
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      Re: Advice on hardware for home network
      « Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 09:34:12 PM »
      Yeah XP uses IPv4 or something like that and Vista uses both IPv4 and IPv6

      If you DO run into problems with this...there is a command you can run to enable IPv6 in XP

      XP actually comes with IPv6 but is not installed by default
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