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Wi Fi and Hi Fi

Anyone in Audiogon land using Wi Fi (802-11b or 802-11g) to connect their computers to high speed internet?

Are there any issues with noise or interference with nearby high end audio components?

High speed is finally coming to our neighborhood via cable and I am looking at alternatives to connect our five computers.
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sogood51
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I bought my wife a new Dell a while back, orderd the Dell wireless at the same time. We have Comcast high speed..I put the base unit on my computer and the signal is sent to her's (about 40 feet). I can not detect any difference in speed between the two as far as the web goes.

I will say that at first I had a big problem, every time someone used our cordless phone..it knocked her off line. I called Dell (seems that some cordless phones use the same channel as the base unit to transmit) once we changed the channel on the base unit the problem went away.

If you have more than one cordless phone in your home Albert, you may want to inquire about this first.

Dave
jeffloistarca
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Albert,

I have a network set up at home, both wired and wireless. 802.11 (WiFi) is a reliable interface but... and here's the but. The further away you are from the base station the lower the connection speed, and, the more users sharing that signal the slower the connection rate as well. Essentially you're splitting the airborne DSL/Cable feed so you're bound to have a drop off in signal integrity. You can still surf and do email but it is slower. I suggest you buy a multiport hub that has both wired (RJ45 10/100 Ethernet) and wireless capability. Run CAT5 cable from the hub to most of the computers and use the wireless WiFi feature only as required. One more thing to consider, they sell remote amplifiers that can pick up the 802.11x signal and amplify the signal, making it practical to use wireless at a relatively long distance from the base station. A bit of planning goes a long way, and bear in mind walls/ceiling/floors make no difference in WiFi. Please feel free to contact me if you'd like more info or have questions. Best, Jeff
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tok20000
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I have 3 computers on a 802-11b wireless network sharing a DSL connection. Each machine is in a different room than the audio system. This does not seem to effect sound quality of 2 channel.

The wireless network is very easy to set up and get going. I would suggest you use name brand components (Linksys is quite good).

Sincerely,

KF
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