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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.



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