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Well, having a mobile phone with the capability of using wireless Internet, which is really great, sometimes when I walk the dog, I see a lot of wireless connections coming from different sides I guess, lets say usually 1 out of 10 is without any password, because people just buys something, doesn't understand anything and use the default..Also, I know some defaults for the most popular providers of putting this wireless routers at home, codes like 12345678 or 11111111 and 88888888 usually w...
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Wireless LAN is near painless to set up though. No wiring needed and you can have a network up and running in no time. It's also not that hard to make it fairly secure through use of passcodes and such. If you want to secure a wireless connection here are some steps you can take. They are from this website, visit it to see what I shortened with elipsies. QUOTE(http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wireless_secure.htm) 1) Don't use TCP/IP for File and Printer sharing! Access Points are usually installed on your LAN, behind any router or firewall you may be using. If someone successfully connects to your Access Point... 2) Follow secure file-sharing practices This means... 3) Enable WEP Encryption 802.11b's WEP encryption has had a lot of bad press lately about its weaknesses. But a weak lock is better than no lock at all... 4) Use WEP for data and Authentication Some products allow you to separately set the Authentication method to "Shared Key" or "Open System"... 5) Use non-obvious WEP keys and periodically change them While the limitations that some wireless client utilities have don't help... 6) Secure your wireless router / Access Point (AP) Your router or Access Point should require a password to access its Admin... 7) Disallow router/ AP administration via wireless Unfortunately, this feature is usually only present in "Enterprise-grade" APs... 8) Use MAC address based Access and Association control Previously available only on "Enterprise-grade" products... 9) Don't send the ESSID ORiNOCO and Apple call the ability to stop their products from sending out the... 10) Don't accept "ANY" ESSID ORiNOCO and Apple's "closed network" feature also won't accept connections from clients using the default "ANY" ESSID.... 11) Use VPN Of course, if you really don't want to take chances with your data... I didn't mean to submit the above reply, I still had more to go so here it is: Typically your speeds on a wired network are going to be much quicker. Most ethernet cards today are 10/100 Mbit/sec and 1000 Mbit/sec is becoming increasingly common (especially in corporate fields). Wireless has two standards and a third that is going to be introduced soon. 802.11b is 11 Mbit/sec 802.11g is 54 Mbit/sec There are also some "Pre-N" products (referring to 802.11n) that are labeled as such because the maker is almost certain that the MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology deployed by them is going to be used in the 802.11n standard. The current "Pre-N" products do deliver better speeds than their b and g counterparts while maintaining compatibility with them. Pre-N products are also often capable of further range. PC world tested a belkin router and card that could communicate over 50 feet. Much better than b or g. However when the 802.11n specifications are finalized, they likely won't be compatible with these "Pre-N" products that manufacters are developing outside industry standards. One other thing that should be noted about wireless is that the weaker the signal you have (be it becaouse of distance or walls, etc) the slower overall rate of transfer you'll achieve. So after all that information, to answer your question about which is better, like most things it depends on what you need. Wireless is good if you're mainly interested in sharing a broadband connection in your house. The fastest home-consumer broadband options commonly top out at 8 Mbit/sec and are usually operating under that. That speed is within the capabilities of wireless connections. However, if you are going to move a lot of data from computuer to computer, you are going to feel limited by wireless. Even though 802.11g is max of 54 Mbit/sec, you usually see transfers around 20 Mbit/sec average. If you're moving gigabytes of data between computers, a 1000 Mbit/sec wired LAN is going to serve your purpose much better than wireless. Those who are security freaks should also stick to wired. While you can secure a wireless network, there have been cases of some wireless security measures being broken. Hope that answers your question!
I have extensively experienced both types of connections. My school worked around a policy that said every stundent must have a laptop, and wireless connection to the school network. We had that ORiNOCO thingy, and it was pretty fast, 11Mbit/sec is pretty fast for me, and was pretty cool to play LAN games in class
I believe they were trying to reduce paper consumption and it did well -- 1 laptop = 5846029 books and notebooks At home I have a wired LAN, pretty fast also, I really dont know the speeds (I believe it goes around 100Mbit/sec), but it works as well as school did. No problems with either of those. What I wanted to say is that it doesn't matter if you got 1000Mbit on one and double on the other, there is a certain speed that will allow the necessary flow speed, and anything beyond that is cool just for showing off the numbers.
I agree with you in general, but I'm thinking when I'm sending a file from a harddrive on one computer, to a harddrive on another computer, the higher max speed of my connection, the faster the transfer. Am I wrong?
I'm gonna have to say Wired Lan, just due to the sheer amount of trouble with disconnections I've had with wireless lan. Also, the range seems shorts; although, that may vary upon providers and such.
Now this is a bit unfair comparison. Wired communication has been around for decades, in fact over hundred years if you consider it started from telegraphs. Wireless communication is still very young technology and it is very rapidly developing.
If both options were equally available, they would cost just as much, cabling wouldn't cause problems and the network devices were equally priced then of course I'd build a wired ethernet network. However often wireless is lot easier and more suitable. And sometimes pulling wires is not even possible, like in old museum buildings for example. I use a WLAN Internet connection. The network is free access network, meaning that anyone within the range can connect to the network freely. The connection to outside Internet requires logging in (it is done with a proxy server). Gladly for at least the test perioid everyone from out university can connect to the Internet without charge so essentially I'm using a free 10Mbps internet for free. I see the future of Internet access in this kind of wireless networks. Mobile devices are getting more and more popular, Nokia communicator already supports WLAN and I'm sure cheaper phones will follow. There will be different types of wireless network available... On cities, there will be WLAN and WiMAX available. In more rural areas UMTS and possibly WiMAX. The devices, computers PDAs, cell phones would be able to connect to any of these and roam from network to another.
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I think I'd rather have a wired connection... For desktops anyway... I'd never want a wired LAN for a laptop... I'd want to move around way too much for that <.< I'd use my laptop in a million and one different places just within my home Unfortunately, I don't have a laptop We have a wired LAN right now though It's pretty fast, I like it... I hate the fact that when the host computer goes off it kills my internet though O_o
Depends on what your doing.
If your at home and have several computers spread out in the house, say one in the den/office, another in the basement, another in the kids room, then a wireless lan might be the best solution. Certainly the easiest to set up. In a small office, I always advise clients to work with wired networks. It is faster, but mainly the reason is security. It is much harder for someone to get into a wired network that a wireless network because they have to have a remote connetion or be in the building. If your operating wirelessly and things are not configured securely or your in a building where signals can leak, you might get leeches or at worst some one might be able to get an easy in to your systems and sensitive information, like customer information. For that same reason, if your in an apartment, I generally recommend wired because it is more secure and distances are fairly close. In my world of renderfarms, we have to use wired optical connections because we are transferring Gigabytes of data on large video projects anymore.
One factor that you should consider is if you are going to leave your computer stationary, or if you have a notebook which you will be moving around with and using throughout your home. I have a wired LAN because for one reason, it is cheaper and also because I bought my router several years ago when the wireless routers were pretty expensive. I have heard some people say that if their telephone runs on 802.11g and your wireless router also does that you can get kicked off the internet when the phone rings. I don't know if this is a true statement or not, but it may also be something you should look into. I remember being on 56k dialup and it was pretty annoying getting kicked off whenever the phone would ring! If you have a notebook with a wireless ethernet card built into it, the wireless internet is a great thing to have. It allows mobility and I havent noticed any performance difference when I am at school on their wireless LAN, or at home on my wired network. If you decide to purchase a wireless router, make sure that you set all of your passwords and have good security because of course, a wireless network is easier to breach. I do see wireless internet becomming more dominant in the future, but do some research before making your choice.
QUOTE(ChristopherJ05 @ Nov 27 2005, 02:26 PM) I am not sure what is best Wired LAN Wireless " Post me any of your thoughts about WIRED V WIRELSS # I need to know!!!!!! I'm using my university's wireless network because my on-campus apt., which was built in the 1970s, doesn't have the wired connection (big surprise there, right? Hehe). Personally, I would prefer wired because, when I had that in my dorm (same school), it was more stable than the wireless connection. And connection speeds were a little higher. But, having access to wireless in my apt. is better than having to take my laptop to the university center or some other building on campus just to check my e-mail. Latest Entries
Well, having a mobile phone with the capability of using wireless Internet, which is really great, sometimes when I walk the dog, I see a lot of wireless connections coming from different sides I guess, lets say usually 1 out of 10 is without any password, because people just buys something, doesn't understand anything and use the default..
Also, I know some defaults for the most popular providers of putting this wireless routers at home, codes like 12345678 or 11111111 and 88888888 usually work as it's the default on some ISP, and the people who are said to change their password usually doesn't change them. What is more funny, that usually wireless Internet comes together with high definition digital TV, and the women only is watching TV and doesn't even use the offered wireless Internet, even though the price is the same with it or without it, so people just take everything what is offered by the provider, sometimes it's cool I have a wireless connection and if someday some guys will come from those stupid anti piracy something which just waste money and doesn't do any real job, I can tell that I don't know anything, my wireless Internet was hacked, the IP doesn't proof anything? Even though, why could they come.. i believe that wireless lan is much better now in terms of secruity because there is wpa encryption I don't agree at all. With wireless connection you need that wpa encryption because anybody can listen your PC. With wired connection it's almost impossible to receive the signal on the wire. Moreover, if you feel really paranoid, instead of using copper cables, you can use optical fiber cables, where the signal is only made of light and exists only between the switch and the PC.
i believe that wireless lan is much better now in terms of secruity because there is wpa encryption which is newer than wep and secures your connection better and does not have weps weaknesses. that means you can be secure on the internet and you can feel safe that your neighbours arent leaching your internet. although if you forget to secure your internet alot of people will use it and if you have a download limit it could cost you big time.
Yeah for online gaming I'll usually plug my laptop the wired LAN and play there to get the desired speeds. When I don't game and am just using the computer to go on websites like trap17, astahost, facebook, ect then I will just use my wireless internet because it would be kind of pointless to plug it in as the speeds wouldnt be too bad.
I think if you have wired for um xbox of someting that's going to need to download/upload lots of information use wired or if your using a laptop/computer thats only downstairs use wireless.
the more information you need use wired.
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