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The way I learned at school was using RRAS on win2k or win2k3 server. It can do the authentication as well as the crypting. Just let the TCP port pass through your firewall (I just don't remind wich port it is)

Any combo would work. You can do whatever you do. As in my example, if I suggested to install the access point on the middle floor, it was for better results, but it might work from the basement or from the upper floor as well. Wiring all your house would work as well, would cost a little less, no worry about encryption, but you'll have to pass kilometers of wire throughout the house. But, since most domestic wireless access point all come with 4 ethernet ports and a dsl dialer, you're actual router will become next to useless if you only have 3 to 5 computers in the house.

Perfect uselessness... It's fun though...

Ok, so there are 3 floors in your house. I suggest you to install the access point on the 2nd floor (the middle one) for best performance. It should work quite well, since it is designed to work up to 100 meters away, so a dizen of meters through a floor is okay. Also, you will have to connect the WAN port of the access point/router into the DSL/cable modem, so the modem has to be close to the router. Your wirelessly connected computer may be anywhere in the house or around the house. Security: There are some MAC address filters available on the access point. A MAC address is like the serial number of the network card. It is unique. Only allow your computers to connect to your network using those filters as you don't want a perfect stranger to connect to your network and use your Internet and bust your bandwidth. Security part II: use encryption. It slows the network a bit, but you don't want the perfect stranger from point A to be able to see what you do on your network. There are several tools to keep your privacy, use them.

I wrote the model , so I think you could find it easily, but the model I referenced is the very same appliance as what you have, plus WiFi interfaces, but only for Ethernet ports (you have 8). There would be a way to connect the wireless router to the wired router, but you'll have 2 different subnets in your house, 1 wired, and 1 wireless. The 2 subnets configuration is a little harder to set up (but quite doable), but will allow you not to have the wireless part to be jammed with wired broadcast. Nevertheless, I think that a single router configuration will be easier to set up, but you'll then have a useless 8 port router.

From what I read onto linksys.com, the G router is IEEE 802.11g compliant, wich can connect at 54 mbps and is compatible with IEEE 802.11b appliances. For info, IEEE 802.11b can connect at 1 mbps... I think that model WRT54G from Linksys can suit your needs. It's a wireless access point, with 4 ethernet connectors (to connect to your existing cableDSL modem) but it's also a cable/DSL router in itself...

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I'd suggest the hub/switch method over the crossover cables one because the crossover method won't allow easy file sharing, plus PC2 and PC3 will need PC1 to be turned on to connect to each other; and you will need two NICs. OTOH, the hub/switch method allows PC1 to have only 1 NIC, and PC2 and PC3 will be able to do some filesharing while PC1 is off.

Thanx for the trick... What souldn't I do to get 20 posts?

To do your own personal .ico, you save whatever image into bitmaps, and then change the extension to ".ico" Hint: make the image small and light, you don't want to do as I did with my 10 megabytes icon... It was cute, though

I'm a newbie here. It's written in my profile on the left-hand side of the screen (below the avatar). How do I change this? I don't want to be a newbie anymore :cry:

I'd say it's for licen$ing reasons. Companies that can pay big bucks for server OS and its hardware can pay big bucks for the anti-virus and firewall...

Me neither. If this happen to be true, I'll stick to XP and win2k3, or switch to Linux.

I have the very same router as you and it kept freezing in the beginning, usually once a day. I updated the firmware once or twice, and haven't needed to restart it in months. www.linksys.com for firmware update.

Perhaps some system files are corrupted... I guess it's time to reinstall...

Thanks for the greetings and the suggestions! I now have an avatar: it's the logo of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

I'd say the Montreal Alouettes are gonna win the Grey Cup for the second year in a row He, I live in Montreal, gotta support the local team (sorry, I just love those smileys)

Thanks Crispy for the suggestion, but I'd prefer an avatar that resembles me, and I don't wear a moustache...

If you want an OS for gaming, XP Pro will work best. It is built for that (among other purposes). For testing, you can test all 3. (There's even a DataCenter edition, but it needs at least 8 CPUs...)

Hi I'm new here (as you might have guessed). I'm studying in computer network management and sometimes courses aren't complete enough, so I have to find the info somewhere else. I guess I'll mainly hang in the Windows forums (mainly NT kernel based versions) and networking. I'm about to start a Linux course, so I'll probably hang up there as well. Does anyone have a suggestion about what I might get as an avatar? And I know my nick is ugly, atleast, it is unique...

The main reason for this is that HTTPS pages are crypted and NAT cannot route crypted pages while proxy servers can.

I think that the Load Balance thing is the best for your friend. That way, both NIC will be able to send AND receive data, at twice the speed. I just don't know how to do it on OS other than win2k Server or win2k3...