Any suggestions for building a home network (in a modest...
Any suggestions for building a home network (in a modest 1600 sq. ft. home) with the following requirements...
1) Laptop(s) and PC share broadband (cable) internet connection
2) Access files on PC from laptop(s) and vice versa
3) PC and laptop(s) share printer (Canon Pixma 610)
4) Send media on PC to TV
5) Send music to wireless speakers (not purchased yet)
Note hardware specs:
A) One laptop runs on Windows XP and has an Intel PRO wireless 2915ABG network connection
B) PC runs Windows XP Media Center
I was thinking about the wireless N broadband router 300. From the experiences of the community, will I be able to achieve my goal? Beside a PC adapter, is there any other hardware I will need?
A couple other questions.
The router will likely be sitting right next to my PC. Does the PC need to have a wireless adapter or can it be wired from the router to the PC?
When will the media extender be available? Will it work with Windows XP?
Thank you.
Chris
I personally might not buy Wireless-N, but the idea of being on the bleeding edge is nice.
Anyway, whichever router you choose, you should be able to accomplish almost everything you need.
You'll be able to share your internet amongst all of the computers, and share files between them all. Local firewalls and permission settings on individual computers could potentially pose a problem.
Sending media to your TV may or may not be possible, depending on what other hardware you have. A router itself would not be able to do that, as a TV doesn't usually have any form of WiFi, but if you had a box connected to it for displaying content on the TV, you could do something like that...
Wireless speakers are generally a separate wireless system. As far as I know, there is a wireless transmitter that sits next to the amp (or other sound source), and broadcasts the music wirelessly to the speakers. You'd have to make sure the speakers and wireless router are on different channels as to not cause interference.
Don't know much about the media extender, but highly likely will be compatible with XP.
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