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Going Wireless With Your Wireless Router
In the past of web connection, wireless networking only agreed to be provided with a select group of technologically motivated individuals and in large firms that do not like the problem of functioning cables around the building producing much trouble of computer already is. But nowadays, wireless networking frequently occurs place in households and in some cases small business and schools and other public buildings have WiFi available freely. Wireless Router is a typical sight at computer stores.
A standard modem can connect you to the computer however it will only provide internet to a single computer during a period. Whilst for those who have a router, you'll have access to the internet with one or more computers. The signals are “routed” backwards and forwards and also the router ought to be associated with a main computer by having an Ethernet cable. A wireless router is definitely enough to become distinguished from your regular router mainly because it has antennas, additionally just one antenna however some have two which antennas are screwed and can get replaced to get a much larger getting higher and longer range since signals are being broadcasted on your laptop or wireless device to grab and connect to.
Since wireless routers can get connected to any wireless adaptors within its range, each of the device can connect with it provided that it is within range and thus there are ways for you to secure this connection by the use of setting up a WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key but the are the older versions and hacker in these days are capable to crack the WEP key of your respective device. An update version for that WEP key is the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) a stronger encryption and not as easy to hack. The WPA key is easier to setup as it usually will consist of short pass phrases you can freely change if you access the router configuration pages. These router pages can be found over the use if the browser (Industry, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.) after which typing inside the IP address that will vary depending on the manufacturer or model of your router. Examples of which are http://192.168.1.1, but again the last part or perhaps the whole address itself are different depending on the manufacturer.
Various technological companies are very popular with routers and are commonly known as router manufacturers for example D-Link, Netgear, and Linksys. There are many many
manufacturers of the routers and the majority have the same technical specs and attributes. A jargon you will almost certainly encounter when talking about a wireless router is 802.11 and that is type of a geeky terminology talking about a standard which are upgraded over time, the newest being 802.11n that has faster speeds and much more reliable than the other standards. Creating wireless router can be quite a difficult job but installation CD’s 're normally being within the package with the router you acquire.
Really confused about wireless routers: D-Link & Netgear?
I have 2 wireless routers, one is a D-Link rated at 54Mbps and the other is a Netgear rated at 108Mbps. My assumption is that the Netgear should be faster as it is a better router; however I have noticed that the D-Link is consistently outperforming it. I used the same cable modem to test both routers and also the same laptop. I tested them by connecting them one at a time and loading large websites like Yahoo and e-Bay. After each test I would clear everything out of the browser, disconnect one device, connect the other, and go to the same exact web sites. When using the D-Link the sites loaded significantly faster. I ran the test 4 times and every time the results were the same. I don’t understand it, why is the D-Link faster?
The wireless adapter in my laptop is an internal adapter that came with my Dell laptop. Not sure who actually makes it.
The routers were a foot away from the laptop when I was testing them.
The D-Link is an older router than the Netgear.
The difference between 54mbps and 108mbs only matters in file transfers from computers within your network.
Your actual internet connection is probably more like 3-5Mbps, which is well below the 54 or even 108mbps that the router sends at.
Most likely the reason the D-link outperforms is because the wireless adapter for the computer is probably a D-link as well.
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