Router: Wireless or Wired for small home network??

Question

I just have a Dell 4550 and a Dell 700m that are physically located in the same room and I want to buy a router to use connect them to the internet via my DSL modem.   I don't have a wireless modem in my desktop, so I thought I would buy a wireless router and simply use the LAN ports and WAN port to connect to the internet via CAT 5/6 cable.   Will this work?  Thanks for any assistance!   Regards Data7 Message Edited by data7 on 09-28-2006 05:23 PM

daredeval756 · Answer

For there location i would reccomend keeping them hard wired, hard wired is much more reliable and faster, however if you pplan on moving the computer  soon go with wireless, but when ever it is possible i would always stay with hard wired. best of luck, daredeval756

jmwills · Answer

Buy the wireless router just in case and keep the current connections wired.

vicky7007 · Answer

picking up a wireless router is a better option where u r not bound to one room & u can be in any part of the house excess the files any time,,, linksys is a better option because it is a stable & range is good thank you vicky

NemesisDB · Answer

I'm using a wrt54g v2 with dd-wrt on it at work. We typically don't use the wireless component at all but it's nice to have when someone brings a notebook in.

The aftermarket firmware (which will run on buffalo WHR-G54S as well) has a great feature set. Of particular use to us are its VPN and Quality of Service features. VPN let's us connect to and become part of the office network from home. QoS makes sure our otherwire cheap voice over IP service always sounds its best. You can get all these features in nicer routers, but for around $50, it can't be beat for a small business environment.

data7 · Answer

Thanks for all the great info!   It looks like SBC (my DSL provider) offers a combination modem/router, the 2Wire 2700HG-B that will act as both router and modem.  It lists for $109. at the SBC DSL store online.   Otherwise, I guess I could buy the Linksys WRT54GL for about $57. from newegg.com and connect it to my DSL modem and try to configure it.  My guess is that I still need to use the DSL modem provided by SBC, and insert the router between the computers and the modem.  Please correct me if I am wrong.   At this point I am leaning toward the 2Wire solution as it seems more streamlined, but perhaps the Linksys router will work as well.   Does anyone know how difficult it is to configure the Linksys WRT54GL router?   Regards Data7 Message Edited by data7 on 09-29-2006 12:20 PM

jmwills · Answer

The 2Wire products are actually pretty good from what limited experince I have with them.

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