Hi Kathleen
He could mean two things. Does he mean a wireless connection to the
broadband network, in other words the information would go from your house
to a relay point as a wireless signal, or does he mean would you like a
wireless router in your house?
The second would mean that instead of your computer being connected to the
wired network, copper or fibre optic, you would have a box which would
transmit and receive signals. Your computer or computers would have to
have wireless cards in them to transmit to the router. As you say the
advantage of this would be the possibility of more than one machine
without
loads of wires, that is assuming the router is set up so as to allow this.
You could also move your computers, within reasonable limits, to anywhere
in
the house within range of the signal.
Theoretically the wireless connection from your house might be more
subject
to interference, but in practice this is not likely and the wired network
may well suffer from traffic overload at peak times, which could cause as
much trouble.
Check if your choice will make any price difference.
All The Best
Ed
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kathleen Doyle
Sent: 25 January 2007 21:42
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] broadband wireless
Hi VICS members,
I am about to changeover from an Eircom connection to Broadband, and was
asked by the person I was dealing with in BT whether I wanted to purchase
a
wireless connection or the regular wired connection. Besides the fact
that
I would prefer less wires around the place, it would also give me the
option
of getting a Laptop if I wanted to at some time in the future. Could
anyone
advise on whether there are advantages or disadvantages with either system
.
Kind regards,
Kathleen Doyle.
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