Serge: No doodad needed to connect to the modem, because that's not what you're doing - the router is connected to the modem, so as long as you get it set up okay, then you pretty much don't care what the modem's doing, because you're connecting to the router. Which is the same as what you're doing now, really, just you'll be doing it wirelessly.
Wireless routers, of course, can be their own can of worms, what with various wireless protocols and types of security encryption and stuff, but as long as your laptops have wireless it shouldn't be too hard to set up. And there hasn't been a noticeable slowdown wired to wireless that I've seen, though logically there should be at least a small one. I just haven't noticed it.
Just saw your second comment - the range, again, would depend on the wireless router (which will be wired to the modem, but depending on the length of your wire, not necessarily in the same place.)
Our cheap router does okay through two or three walls - when you try it down two floors, the signal gets a bit weaker, but you can still connect. I doubt you'd encounter many problems. (In fact, from our living room I can see wireless networks from 2-4 neighbors. Part of that is dense bay-area housing, but...)
I'm a computer programmer too, by trade (well, a student at the moment, but the idea is there) but I've had to get a crash course in the basics of this stuff because somehow all my housemates seem to think being able to program qualifies you to run the house network. Mrg. So, no annoyance at 'silly' questions whatsoever. :-)
oliviacw (way upthread):
On the subject of totally inappropriate marketing songs, I always remember the car company a year or so ago that used Smash Mouth's "Walking on the Sun."
Of course, they only played the first line of the chorus, which goes:
So don't delay act now supplies are running out
Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow there may be a tomorrow
But if the offer is shun you might as well be walking on the sun
Another fun bit that didn't make it in the commercial:
It's just like any fad retracts before impact
And it's just like fashion it's a passion for the with it and hip
If ya got the goods they'll come and buy it just to stay in
The clique
Serge: Does your modem have wireless capability? Because otherwise that just means getting a wireless router, which I don't see improving the situation any, really.
We've got an almost identical setup here, which is Comcast->modem->wireless router. It's so far keeled over dead only once, in contrast to SBC DSL we had last year, where every month or so we'd have to call them and make them reset the connect on their side before it would work again.
Then again, we've got 12 people on this connection. And routers confuse me sometimes.
I knew there was a reason I loved this weblog. Well, actually I knew that I had lots of reasons, and what a lot of them were, but it seems every new post gives me a new reason.
Mafia is an awesome game; we played it all the time in the dorms a couple years ago. After so much playing, the basic game became boring, and we came up with many, many twists to it, including lots of roles pulled from various sources.
That link's from the livejournal we used for our decal (Student-run class) on Mafia and reading lies.
I like to think we have some of the most intricate Mafia games ever. I don't think they've gotten as large as 30 people, though. Isn't that a bit hard? Too many people to focus on? I think we decided the prime number was 8-10ish.
Relatively new lurker here, just chiming in: that letter's really... well, I suppose it really does speak for itself.
Also, I have to agree, that website's horrendous. Haphazard layout aside, my favorite bit is the heading "The only group combating the ACLU in all non-legal areas." Close behind, though, are the wide use of the word 'thru' in the About Us section and the lovely pyramid scheme reasoning on the front page.
I also got a laugh out of, "You may or may not know that the ACLU visits college campuses across America to recruit young impressionable minds to their evil agenda."
Overall, though, I think I'm a little too scared to look at the rest of the site.
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