wi fi help please

[Darryl]

can any help with suggestion on kit please. I want to set up a wireless network at home have broadband, same in office but also want to take advantage of hotspots and public networks. Can one sd wifi card do this? What wireless boxes do you recommend for home and work?

Thank you gents

[Peter Poelman]

can any help with suggestion on kit please. I want to set up a wireless network at home have broadband, same in office but also want to take advantage of hotspots and public networks. Can one sd wifi card do this? What wireless boxes do you recommend for home and work?

Yes, one wifi card will do it all. What to buy for the home really depends on many factors: you may want something that includes the DSL modem if you can get it from/through your DSL provider. Otherwise, there's many very cheap wireless access points, and they're all OK.

[cshields1]

Home:
Just get yourself a Linksys wireless router, connect in your cable or DSL

PDA:
Sandisk WiFi SD card

[Jos]

If you have an ADSL connection, you need a modem with RJ45 TCP/IP connection to connect to the access point or router. You can't use an USB modem.

Also think about it if you want to extend the range of the internal network with a wireless repeater in the future.
Only a few brands sell access points that can be used with wireless routers!

D-Link has several combinations, but the repeaters are all 802.11b, no 802.11g yet.
You could use a DI-624+ (802.11g, 54 Mbps) router with a DWL-900AP+ rev. B access point. But this limits the speed in the repeater area to 22 Mbps, since the DWL-900AP+ only support 802.11b, 22 Mbps. Contact D-Link for more info, they have a good telephonic support., at least in the Benelux. Check your local site here: http://support.dlink.com/international/

You could also use the cheaper DI-614+ (802.11b, 22 Mbps). If you don't do heavy file transfers over the wireless network (only surfing and mail etc), this is more then fast enough.

Only professional products like 3Com, Cisco, Intel etc. provide full support for bridges and repeaters, but this is a complete different price range.