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Duncan posted on Tue, 24 May 2016 21:47:57 +0000 as excerpted: |
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> But, unless it's effectively an Ethernet connected router, so no |
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> drivers, |
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> I'll need to pick it up and install drivers and a wifi config before I |
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> actually move, so I don't get stuck needing a connection to get the |
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> drivers to use /for/ the connection. |
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Hmm, Fry's seems to have a... |
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Netgear WNCE3001 Wireless Dual-Band Internet Adapter for Smart TV and Blu- |
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ray |
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http://www.frys.com/product/6776745 |
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It's a dual-band N600 "bridge", with a single Ethernet port to plug in |
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whatever Ethernet device and connect it wirelessly. |
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The biggest caveat is that /some/ of the reviews say it drops the |
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connection if there's no actual streaming going on, so it works best in |
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streaming applications. However, others say it works fine for their |
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computer applications as well. I figure if I buy at the local Frys I can |
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return/exchange it if necessary. |
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And the two good points are #1 that I can plug it into the WAN port on my |
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old existing router, and keep the VoIP phone and computer connected to it |
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as I have them now, with probably very little reconfig of anything, as |
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the router's WAN is already set for DHCP, etc, for the cable modem, and |
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#2 the cost of $40+tx, appropriately reasonable for a temporary solution |
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of a few months. |
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It is only 100Mbit Ethernet, not gigabit, but so is the router, so that |
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shouldn't be a huge problem, tho I'd certainly consider it rather more so |
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if I were paying $100+ for it. |
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It's also N only, not AC, and not A/B/G, but I have the A/B/G on the old |
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router if I decide to activate it, and N only is /relatively/ current, |
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current enough for the price. I forgot to ask the hotel when I called |
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what bands, but surely they support N, and I'll double-check b4 I go to |
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buy it. |
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What's nice is that I should still be able to use that with the amd64- |
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based router when I set it up, so I can stay with my original plan of 5- |
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way (4LAN/1WAN) Gigabit-ethernet wired and only buy upgraded wireless for |
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it later if I decide to. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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