OT question, do we have a networking guru here?

[Bovinia]

I'm looking at having to go wireless soon and I am trying to educate myself as much as I can since I've always hardwired our network. I can't afford a ton but this is the one I'm looking at this one Cisco

Thoughts? We stream Netflix a lot, both to our PCs and to the Blueray player but I will hardwire the BR. I want external USB nic cards. Any suggestions on those?

 

[5cardstud]

Doesn't your PC have a nic card in it? I am wireless and the only thing I did was forward my ports and assign certain ports to certain programs.
Just do port forwarding for netflix. BTW that's the same router I have.
I'm using a Linksys that I put inside my pc.

 

[Bovinia]

Yep I have a nic card in my PC but I thought you had to have one capable of wireless for transmitting and receiving. Am I wrong? Or maybe your card is capable of both? Or a wireless adapter is most likely what I'm talking about huh?

 

[garyinco]

I'd rather be hardwired than wireless, but I don't see anything wrong with what you picked. I had planned to hardwire my blue-ray player, but it has worked fine wirelessly with Netflix. I haven't had good luck with USB nics. Prefer internal.

 

[Wharf Rat]

Sometimes your ISP has good deals on wireless routers. My router has 4 wired ports + wireless.

 

[Bovinia]

Thanks Gary. I prefer to be hardwired too but we are moving in with my mother in law and she is dead set against us running cat5 where we need it LOL. We'll have the upstairs and there is only 1 cable outlet installed up there for us to work with, but 2 rooms and multiple devices that need internet access.

Our ISP only offers a low end wireless router Wharf

 

[Ruppy]

Yeah youll need wireless NIC in your PC Bov. USB work OK but honestly youll be better off in the long run with a internal card.

 

[Modrod.]

Linksys makes those as well.

 

[Bovinia]

Do I need nic cards that are dual band to be able to take advantage of the dual band the router has? Thank you for all the help and suggestions!

 

[Modrod.]

Do I need nic cards that are dual band to be able to take advantage of the dual band the router has? Thank you for all the help and suggestions!

Yes you would.

 

[Bovinia]

I figured so but thanks for confirming. Please feel free to laugh at me...remember that you are talking to someone who doesn't even own a cell phone LMAO!

 

[Modrod.]

Bah, I hate setting up networks. I always mess something up and have to spend hours finding out where.

 

[salemgold]

LOL Bovinia you sound like my husband! He refuses to have a cell phone, hates talking on the phone anyway but he loves tinkering with computers. If you called my house and he was the only one home there is a good chance he would not answer Not even for me! lol

 

[malyden]

I have that wireless router at home and it works well. To take advantage of the dual band option that the router has you would need a dual band nic card or usb adapter

by the way these are fairly easy to set up

 

[Bovinia]

Thank you Malyden

Salem I'm the same way! I rarely answer the phone...that's what the answering machine is for LOL!

 

[Stevew443]

I use linksys for all my home networking duties, which includes VOIP, streaming Netflix, website maint.
For the high bandwidth usages, I hardwire into the router. For the light duty apps, I use wireless, so I have my blue-ray player hardwired, the PC running my VOIP hardwired, and my web design pc hardwired. All other PCs are wireless.

Anyway, that should be a decent router if the price is not too dear.

 

[salemgold]

Thank you Malyden

Salem I'm the same way! I rarely answer the phone...that's what the answering machine is for LOL!

My husband says the only time anyone calls is if they want something. Thats his reason for not answering

 

[Bovinia]

I just ordered the router from Amazon for $136 w/free shipping. It was a little cheaper there than on Newegg. Got 2 of these for our desktops Amazon.com: Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter: Electronics For some reason hubby was dead set against an internal card <shrug>

 

[BuzzKill]

I just ordered the router from Amazon for $136 w/free shipping. It was a little cheaper there than on Newegg. Got 2 of these for our desktops Amazon.com: Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter: Electronics For some reason hubby was dead set against an internal card <shrug>

You mean the $34,.99 one ???

 

[Modrod.]

I just ordered the router from Amazon for $136 w/free shipping. It was a little cheaper there than on Newegg. Got 2 of these for our desktops Amazon.com: Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter: Electronics For some reason hubby was dead set against an internal card <shrug>

That's funny, I was going to suggest those exact adapters (and link) but I wasn't sure what your price range was. Those should work very well with your router, good choice.