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catskillian85 · 04-16-03, 09:11 PM

If you read the last couple of posts in my thread, you'll see that I decided to upgrade my hardware to Netgear products--meaning, I now have a Netgear router (wired, not wireless), access point, and PC card for my laptop.

I highly recommend Netgear for at least these parts of your network. For a networking dummy, the setup was unimaginably easy. I'm regretting that I didn't buy a Netgear CF card as well, but I already spent big bucks for the Socket CF card, which most people here have said is the best one around. The Socket setup, though, has been a nightmare for me (I finally got it working tonight, but only with WEP, one of the big security features, turned off).

Anyway, to be specific, the Netgear products I bought and am raving about are:

RP614 4-port Cable/DSL Web Safe Router Gateway
WG602 54-Mbps Wireless Access Point
WG511 54-Mbps Wireless PC Card

Note that the router I bought is a wired version, since I already had a wired network set up in my home -- I simply plugged the wireless access point into it, and that's what transmits the signal to my laptop and now my Axim. Since you have no network in place at this point, you may opt to go totally wireless -- but I'd urge you to consider Netgear for sheer user-friendliness, not to mention performance. You won't be sorry.

04-16-03, 09:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
catskillian85 Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 185 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Advice from the original networking dummy If you read the last couple of posts in my thread, you'll see that I decided to upgrade my hardware to Netgear products--meaning, I now have a Netgear router (wired, not wireless), access point, and PC card for my laptop. I highly recommend Netgear for at least these parts of your network. For a networking dummy, the setup was unimaginably easy. I'm regretting that I didn't buy a Netgear CF card as well, but I already spent big bucks for the Socket CF card, which most people here have said is the best one around. The Socket setup, though, has been a nightmare for me (I finally got it working tonight, but only with WEP, one of the big security features, turned off). Anyway, to be specific, the Netgear products I bought and am raving about are: RP614 4-port Cable/DSL Web Safe Router Gateway WG602 54-Mbps Wireless Access Point WG511 54-Mbps Wireless PC Card Note that the router I bought is a wired version, since I already had a wired network set up in my home -- I simply plugged the wireless access point into it, and that's what transmits the signal to my laptop and now my Axim. Since you have no network in place at this point, you may opt to go totally wireless -- but I'd urge you to consider Netgear for sheer user-friendliness, not to mention performance. You won't be sorry.