Wirelessly networking a house

[ryanrich]

Eish, I see, I wouldn't use it either in that case!

[Prime]

Yup.

well i've requested a quote but given that the exchange rate has gone haywire, i forsee much frustration

[Prime]

Right, our house with all its stupid levels will handle a wireless network. tested it today.

Still not sure what to get though?

I guess its between Dlink and Net Gear. Which has the easiest interface?

I'm busy with google now

[WAJeff]

Prime, NetGear has the easier interface
Linksys stuff FTW though

[Prime]

Prime, NetGear has the easier interface
Linksys stuff FTW though

Thanks.

I'm finding unhelpful reviews where ever i look.

[Prime]

Well i'll say something for Netgear, their sight is frustrating the hell out of me. minimal information about their routers.

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Routers ... ifications

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Routers ... ifications

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Routers ... ifications



http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=565

More antenna's are better? and external ones mean you can always put a different one on if you have a problem?




Needless to say, i'll take the same brand NIC as router

edit: Further head scratching: the Dlinks go up to 300Mb/s but the Netgear moca router has 2 USB ports (Why won't someone make one with all the features *sob* )

[coupnegre]

Good morning. One for the dedicated problem solvers.

Setup: Netgear Router (WGT624 v3 (LAN modem router)) connected to IBurst. Wireless distribution through house.
Everyone can connect to wireless and seemingly the internet, but, only one PC (mine) has full access. Limited access is available for anyone else connected which can only create connections to Skype, gmail.com, sun.ac.za.

I've tried manually setting the MTU and IP's, MAC allows and filtering, but nothing I do seems to solve the problem.

Any suggestions will help. I need to get this working, otherwise my flatmates are going to kill me.

[Nuke]

I had a quick look through the manual, but I think you are asking a bit much of that router. Its seems to support URL blocking, but only in a deny X, allow all fashion. What you want is allow X, deny all. Also you have a list of websites there, but what about services? For web to work you will also need DNS, but if you leave other ports open bypassing your URL filter is easy. Next, how do you define an user? If you use his IP, he can change it, if you use his MAC he can use another dongle.
Easiest will be grabbing a Routerboard750 for around R500, and learning its firewall. Then you only use the Netgear for wireless.