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#1 Aug 28 2004 at 10:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Hello, this has probably been asked before but i do not have the premium service so i cannot use the search features.

I am considering upgrading my internet connection to cable (comcast in my area). We have 3 computers and mine is the only one that plays everquest and other online games. Because of how things are set up in our house i will have to use a wireless router to connect with my computer and i was wonder how stable the connect will be. The biggest reason i am considering upgrading is because i go LD alot and i dont want to go LD anymore. Now should i move things around so that my computer is the one with the wired connection and the other 2 are wireless or will i be okay playing EQ using a wireless router?

Thank you all ahead of time for your help and input,


#2 Aug 28 2004 at 10:29 PM Rating: Excellent
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Personally, I would make mine the wired computer and have the other two wireless. You might also want to check out the Tech Support Forum, Kaolian should be able to help you out in there.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=25
#3 Aug 28 2004 at 11:00 PM Rating: Good
The quality of your wireless connection depends on several factors, mainly the quality of your equipment, the distance, and the amount of interference with your signal.

Since you've stated that going with a wired network is pretty much out of the question, I'd have my EQ PC be the one that's wired.

Of course, I'm just stating what seems obvious to me: remove any potential problems to performance in the design stage.

Some people I know, including my brother, tell me their wireless networks are great. My own experiences with wireless networking have been to the contrary. I never could hold good signals when I tried it in the past. I prefer wired because of the KISS rule: keep it simple, stupid. For me, it fits. ;)
#4 Aug 28 2004 at 11:03 PM Rating: Decent
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I am wired, I thought about wireless because it would've been easier, but more expensive. Now, I have a friend who swears by wireless, and he's never appeared to have any problems.
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#5 Aug 28 2004 at 11:25 PM Rating: Excellent
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This is an example of why people who don't know what they are doing , should not have wireless networks:

Was visiting my parents today, messing with my sister's new laptop. (She bought a Toshiba laptop form circuit city, pretty nice). Anyways, I boot it up, and i'm getting a wireless signal. My parent's computer is on a dial-up connection, and the only time it was network was when I lived there a long long time ago.

Anyways, come to find out, one of their neighbor's had setup a wireless network for thier DSL connection. I know this because the router was set up on 192.168.0.1 with the default user name/password for most store bought routers.

My sister now has a DSL connection for free. Well, until she sees them tomorrow and tells them about it.

But moral of the story is: stay with wired unless you are positively ready for wireless.
#6 Aug 28 2004 at 11:29 PM Rating: Decent
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Well if you're getting more than one desktop computers go wireless.

Thats if, like in my case you don't have ethernet jack in that room.

My cpu picks up two signals.

My neighbor's and the one I'm using.

My neighbors runs really slow, so I use ours lol.
#7 Aug 29 2004 at 12:29 AM Rating: Decent
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Thanks for all your input, i did not know there was a tech page and have been looking through that for the last couple hour or so. Seems some people have no problems and others do, so i guess it will come down to what comcast will or can do. Will see if they can set it up so that i get the wired connection and the other 2 computers in the house get the wireless or if i will be the one stuck with the wireless connection.

I just really hate going LD and having to play during late night hours (11pm-5am pst) missing all the raids. Also i think all the LDs are starting to damage my dial-up modem.




Edited, Sun Aug 29 01:30:11 2004 by Kaamun
#8 Aug 29 2004 at 12:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Is there a cable jack in the room that the EQ computer is in? If there is, shouldn't be a problem for ComCast to put the modem in there.
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#9 Aug 29 2004 at 12:56 AM Rating: Decent
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I switched to wireless awhile ago and I love it. My PC room got flooded because of a dang frozen water pipe in the ceiling.

The repairs took a lot longer than expected and since having 100 feet of cable was not an option, I made the switch. I haven't really had any problems with it. The hardest part was just figuring out what router to go with. The one I got initially basically had a lot of issues with it due to bad manufacturing, so I had to return it.

In order to guarantee a stable connection, you want your EQ PC to be wired, although, I played EQ over the wireless connection with no problems. You just really need to make you that your wireless card gets a really good signal.

As it was pointed out, you also want to change the default settings for the router, ie user name, password, and the channels to something more secure when you do set it up.
#10 Aug 29 2004 at 1:41 AM Rating: Decent
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I've got a cable connection w/ wireless set up between my wife's computer and mine. I was very reluctant to go wireless because I had heard alot of stories about what a pain they were to set up and bad security, etc.

I finally decided on a Netgear router (for my computer, which has the physical cable connection) and the Netgear bridge (for my wife's computer which is on the other side of the house). The set up took me less than 30 minutes, with no problems at all. Be sure that you log in to the router and change the default passwords, and set it up so that only the systems that you authorize can get internet access through it. It's all written in the manual.

My wife and I both play FFXI together w/ this setup, and I haven't noticed a drop in speed at all.

The one thing I would highly suggest is that when you choose which bridge to get, you should go with one that can be easily moved. I wouldn't go with the card that goes into the computer, because you may need to move the bridge around to get a better signal. The best signal we could get was around 85%, but would have been 65% if it had been inside, or next to the system. At 85%, it's still really fast though.

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