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[RedInferno]

HGey guys! First of all, I am getting high speed internet! WHOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!! No more 56k overnight downloads for me!

I bought a wireless router with SPI and NAT firewall, and WPA encryption.

As I am quite new to networking, I welcome any tips to help me get started as I find you guys to be a lot more helpful than random internet guides.

Also, on a side note, can someone explain to me in detail what is 802.1x authentication? How do you get a so called "certificate" that authenticates you w/ the authentication server?

Also, how do I set up a wireless ad hoc network?

All of thiss will be done on WinXP SP2

Thanks you guys!

[clarky3429]

well i guess, have password, MAC filter and SSID hidden for good security, wireless ACHOC i have only ever been able to do with 3rd party s/w that come with the wireless cards driver (if it can be done in windows PLEASE tell me, lol) and yeah, thats bout all i can think of off the top of my head...

[RedInferno]

clarky3429, on Sep 10 2005, 04:48 AM, said:

well i guess, have password, MAC filter and SSID hidden for good security, wireless ACHOC i have only ever been able to do with 3rd party s/w that come with the wireless cards driver (if it can be done in windows PLEASE tell me, lol) and yeah, thats bout all i can think of off the top of my head...

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When you hide the SSID, what does that do? And do you need to know the SSID in order to connect to the network if it is hidden?

[clarky3429]

if people search for a access point, it wont show yours... you do need to manually create a wireless connection in windows though, but its not too hard to do

[RedInferno]

Got it. Thnx

[Neon]

How is it working Redinferno?

[RedInferno]

Sigh, not too well kw. The installation of the internet got postponed. We have a pretty long driveway, and When the guy came to set it up, he said that their cable isn't long enough to reach our house. They need to re-evaluate with a building team to see if they extend the cable, or if they decide not to take the job. Which means there is a 50/50 percent chance I might still be stuck on 56k. And sateillite costs a fortune. We will find out the verdict monday. I'll keep you guys posted. Thnx.

[Neon]

Damn what happened to the days where you pay and they make it work?

[RedInferno]

I don't know. It is amost a given fact that if you get high speed they'll find some way to delay your installation. Gamerpro's got delayed by a month!

[Visentinel]

you can improve your internet performance by wiring atleast your main PC with cat5 instead of using wireless.

Wireless adds about 20ms to the avg ping delay.

[RedInferno]

Wait...what's cat5?

If you're talking about a wired ethernet, I need the wireless because I have two laptops that we need to use around the house.

[Neon]

Cat5e or just cat5, this is a networking cable, nothing special.

[RedInferno]

Ah okay...I thought it was something I was missing out on. But whenever my laptops are close by I will wire them instead.

[x2p]

you got 54g or 108g just renember to wep your network,it save's on Interference...

Edited by x2p, 29 September 2005 - 12:36 PM.

[Visentinel]

redinferno i didn't say use Ethernet on it all i said your main PC, the PC you use the most , like a desktop one in your room, where you game aswell

use wired for your gaming pc at least, wireless isn't the best with latency.