The cheapest solution for home network using wi-fi inet

ivanalesi · 12-31-2004

Hello,
I plan on buying wireless internet access, but I have to share it with my room-mates. So one scenario is to buy just a simple PCI wireless card, plug it into my pc and then they will have to use the internet through my pc. But this is a bit complicated, because my pc should be always switched on. So I thought about another solution but here, the prices of all access points here in Bulgaria are way too expensive and our budget is not big either

So do you have any other cheaper solutions for 3 roommates?

Forgot to add that we have a very strong antenna, but it would be great if it is possible to use just a pigtail to plug it directly into the device, w/o having to use additional cable because it may loose a lot of dbi.

RedSector · 12-31-2004

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Originally Posted by ivanalesi

Hello,
I plan on buying wireless internet access, but I have to share it with my room-mates. So one scenario is to buy just a simple PCI wireless card, plug it into my pc and then they will have to use the internet through my pc. But this is a bit complicated, because my pc should be always switched on. So I thought about another solution but here, the prices of all access points here in Bulgaria are way too expensive and our budget is not big either

So do you have any other cheaper solutions for 3 roommates?

Forgot to add that we have a very strong antenna, but it would be great if it is possible to use just a pigtail to plug it directly into the device, w/o having to use additional cable because it may loose a lot of dbi.

You could use an AP that supports bridging and bridge the connection to a router and your computers plug in there, or you could get an ap that supports WDS and have all the computers connect to the ap wirelessly, there are probably more ways but those are the two that come to mind.

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ivanalesi Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5	The cheapest solution for home network using wi-fi inet Hello, I plan on buying wireless internet access, but I have to share it with my room-mates. So one scenario is to buy just a simple PCI wireless card, plug it into my pc and then they will have to use the internet through my pc. But this is a bit complicated, because my pc should be always switched on. So I thought about another solution but here, the prices of all access points here in Bulgaria are way too expensive and our budget is not big either So do you have any other cheaper solutions for 3 roommates? Forgot to add that we have a very strong antenna, but it would be great if it is possible to use just a pigtail to plug it directly into the device, w/o having to use additional cable because it may loose a lot of dbi. Last edited by ivanalesi : 12-31-2004 at 09:40 AM.

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