Advice needed for adsl connection

mattp_3

Hi,

I am trying to get a wireless network established at my new house which is in the sticks but close to an adsl exchange (less than a mile i think), I need a decent connection as I use it for work so need to make sure everything is spot on.

I've ordered a Netgear wireless router http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=78906 and Netgear PCI card http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59397 after reading many reviews so that I know they are compatible and I can get 108mbps.

I am planning to go with Pipex at £23.99pm after reading many reviews about speed and service?

Have I done everything I need to?

Will this provide me with a good internet connection?

Any advice appreciated?
Regards
Matt

DonnyDave

The thing you need to bear in mind with a wireless network and the internet is that the bottleneck is the speed of the broadband connection. An ADSL Max connection has a theoretical limit of 8Mbps and in reality you will never get that; what you get depends on the quality/length of your line.

The 108Mbps for Wifi is a theoretical limit, again don't expect any where near that in practice. However, a wireless speed of 20Mbps, for example will be faster than even an 8Mbps internet connection, so would be ample in this case.

The benefits of having a faster network than internet connection would be to allow faster transfers between your own computers.

The final point that I would like to make; I don't know whether you know, but you can wire PCs to the router, they don't all have to be connected wirelessly. So if you have a PC near to the router (or the router can be positioned near to it), then you can use a network cable to connect the two. Modern computers have network cards in already. This will save the expense and effort of installing a wireless card.

Basil_Fawlty

Is it possible to position a router anywhere other than the master socket, i.e. on the end of an extension stemming from inside the master socket?

DonnyDave

spaceage wrote:

Is it possible to position a router anywhere other than the master socket, i.e. on the end of an extension stemming from inside the master socket?

Yes, you can plug your router into any extension socket you want.

Moneymaker

But make sure that every phone appliance is plugged into its own micro-filter. Don't skimp and plug two devices into one filter or you could cause problems.
http://sam-radford.me.uk/phone.htm

I dumped Pipex after a year of hassle. Their customer service wasn't.