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Philip J. Koenig wrote:
> In article <Xns96B96A7674788parcxmannetscapenet@216.196.97.136>, 
> parcxman@netscape.net (Bruce) writes...
> 
>> I have to have wired and wireless capabilities.  Some machines that will 
>> be using Comcast are wired only, and some also have wireless 
>> capabilities.  These are desktops and notebooks, upstairs and downstairs.
>>
>> Someone else is setting up the SBC Yahoo! DSL which will also be wired 
>> and wireless.  Will these two wireless signals peacefull coexist?
>>
>> Since there will be a high density of wireless users in the area, I need 
>> to select a router that will provide good security.  I've been looking at 
>> the following, but I have to admit it's beyond me to decipher what's 
>> important and what's marketting.  Should I automatically eliminate any of 
>> these?  (I have an old D-link 514 in my house now, that works fine, but I 
>> suspect security capabilites have long since passed this one up.)
>>
>> D-link 524, 624
>> Netgear WGR614, WGT624, WPN824NA
>> Linksys WRT54G, WRT54GC, WRT54GS
> 
> 
> Motorola makes a decent DOCSIS (cable) modem that includes
> a WiFi access point.  Friend of mine uses this and it works
> fine, and has a decent configurable firewall function.  It
> was purchased retail somewhere. (Best Buy?)
> 
> As for wireless security, AFAIK it doesn't support WPA, but
> it does support WEP.  You can make WEP a little more secure 
> by tweaking certain parameters like MAC restrictions and 
> SSID broadcast, depends on how far you want to take this. 
> I personally keep having weird problems getting WPA to work
> on XP boxes, and if anyone is using older OS's it could
> also be an issue to get WPA working, so keep that in mind.
> 
> 
> 
No problems here with XP and WPA on a Linksys WRT54G.  Easy setup, and 
the only problem I see is that if I hibernate the laptop a lot of times, 
it may not reconnect and require a reboot.  Maybe once a week.


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Ron Hunter  rphunter@charter.net