Soaruss Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 My dad has a laptop and is connected to Virgin broadband. He has it positioned in one spot at the mo but he wants to know what he needs to be able to use it in other parts of his house without having a cable trailing wherever he is. Does he need a wireless thing or whatever?? Can anyone point me in the right direction?? Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yep needs wireless router, dsl? i think can get em from from PC world aroud 30-40 quid will do or e-buyer website need one that be suitable for cable connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yeah that.. & his laptop would need a wireless card(if it hasnt got one built in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wHIZz Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Wireless is the way to go - but if he doesn't want to do that, or the house isn't suitable he could go network through power sockets using something like this: http://www.devolo.co.uk/uk_EN/produkte/dLAN/dlan200avsk.html wHIZz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Don't stop with just "go wireless" you didn't know about this, so don't know about the extra security involved. Get a pro to install all. Get you're security up to the best you can deal with. It's a lot harder to hack a cable between the computer and telephone line than a wireless umbrella over you're house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 what would you recommnd for security a dude from virgin comeing to fit internet at my house going to buy wireless router tue before he comes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 what would you recommnd for security a dude from virgin comeing to fit internet at my house going to buy wireless router tue before he comes I'll get flamed here bud. There are some serious computer people here. Anyway, here goes, you'll need WPA set up, maybe rotating code WEP, but I reckon there's people out there that can get through that quite quickly. You'll need to change the routers name, all sorts. McAfee bought a company called Wireless Security Corp. Which apparently were good at Radius server protection. Just reading up on that I'm afraid and don't know if McAfee have incorporated any of that. The dude from Virgin will probs just get you connected and not worry about anything else. Personally I've had nothing get through McAfee and get nothing dodgy on scans through System Mechanic. Hopefully someone wil get on this soon and we can both learn. Lol. Google some of the terms to get more reading bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Some reading bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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