Nick M
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Went to local BestBuy and picked up:
Hooked these up and from plug + play got a steady signal. More then one - appears there are many unsecured networks around my building, mine included. My loading speed used to be very fast before but now seems even a bit slow, makes me wonder, although the little connection icon states " Connected at 108MBps, Signal Strength: Excellent. " Blazing fast when I connect through LAN port, but when I try the wireless card, it kinda crawls. May I ask why?
I'm very new to wireless networking - I realize there are things such as WEP, encryption, etc, but I'm not sure as to how to utilze it. Might I have some help and suggestions as to how I may make my internet connection secure, accessible only to my three computers, and not the outside world?
Also, if WEP is enabled, then must it ( password ) be entered every time one turns on the machine?
Thank you in advance
- AirPlus Xtreme G DI-624 11g router
- D-Link AirPremire AG DWL-AG530 11a/11g PCI card
- D-Link AirPlus AG DWL-G510 11g PCI card
Hooked these up and from plug + play got a steady signal. More then one - appears there are many unsecured networks around my building, mine included. My loading speed used to be very fast before but now seems even a bit slow, makes me wonder, although the little connection icon states " Connected at 108MBps, Signal Strength: Excellent. " Blazing fast when I connect through LAN port, but when I try the wireless card, it kinda crawls. May I ask why?
I'm very new to wireless networking - I realize there are things such as WEP, encryption, etc, but I'm not sure as to how to utilze it. Might I have some help and suggestions as to how I may make my internet connection secure, accessible only to my three computers, and not the outside world?
Also, if WEP is enabled, then must it ( password ) be entered every time one turns on the machine?
Thank you in advance