Uh-oh...

[conuly]

So, I finally bought me a router. And I got it *all the way home* before I realized that I need ethernet cables for it to work. (It also can function wirelessly, but I need a something-or-other for that too, I believe)

I don't have ethernet anything. My modem plugs straight into my laptop or the big computer via a USB cord.

And I paid too much for this router, I know, I know.

Dang it.

So I haven't opened the box yet. I want to be able to return it if, say, one of my friends (or my Uncle Gabriel) should pop up and offer to send me a decent router with all the necessary accoutrements.

In other news, I'm apparently scheduled to take a CPE tomorrow at noon. There's no way. I'm babysitting tomorrow at noon. Besides, I'm fairly certain that I'm exempt from those or something, so I have to fix this. Damn mail service, fucking up when I get news of stuff.

Comments

[conuly]

1. Well, that's the theory, that my Uncle Gabriel will go nuts and send us a router anyway. Besides, I already overpaid for this router. If I can get a cheaper one, I'll be happy.
2. No clue, and I'm not checking now. Thanks for asking, though, I'd've no doubt ended up with the wrong thing if I hadn't known to check for that.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

1. Good luck with the router cost-comparing.
2. Currently sold routers will come with two versions of wireless: b and g. G is an improved version of b, and is backwards-compatible (it slows down to b speeds). However, I'm not sure G cards will work with B routers. The basic point is that if you're actually purchasing a router and cards, it's a good plan to get G wireless; said router and cards will be around for years, you might as well get fast ones.

[zathras26.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure G cards will work with B routers.

They should. I'm using a non-Apple B router and an apple G card in my PowerBook, and it all works fine. I've also connected to other B routers without any trouble. (In my case, the only snag is an occasional minor problem with WEP, because Apple has some weird little quirk about how they implement it under OS X, but the workaround is simple.)

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

So it slows down both ways then? Good good. I wasn't absolutely sure.

[zathras26.livejournal.com]

Yes, it works fine. :-) I'd have to double-check to be sure, but I think that a G router slows down to B speeds for all users if any connected user is using B -- that is, if there's one B user and three or four G users, they all get B speeds. I'm not positive about that, though.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I've heard about G routers and B cards, similar to USB 2.0 and 1.1/1.0. I just wasn't sure whether B routers would recognize G cards.