wireless network newbie

I want to set up wireless in my home. I have a broadband basic connection,
Vista Home Premium and an HP laptop with a Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN
pre-installed. I know almost nothing about computers. I need a range radius
of about 40', (there are several walls in this radius. I've read a lot about
Vista issues with wireless, so I'm not sure which router to get. Also
worried about security. I don't want to spend a fortune, but I also don't
want to go "on the cheap" and have nothing but frustration. I use the
internet for email, music and video. Is there a router out there that can
give me all of this, with a simple set up, and what security software should
I use? Thanks!

I'm extremely pleased with the D-Link DIR-655 wireless router.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sho...ers/dlink.mspx

I believe it's available at Circuit City. It's really simple to
setup using WiFi Simple Config/Wifi Protected Setup. Use WPA2 for
security. The router has a built in hardware SPI firewall, so with
the router, Windows Defender and Windows Firewall, I think you
should be in good shape.

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:30:01 -0700, Kerrie22
<Kerrie22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I want to set up wireless in my home. I have a broadband basic connection,
>Vista Home Premium and an HP laptop with a Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN
>pre-installed. I know almost nothing about computers. I need a range radius
>of about 40', (there are several walls in this radius. I've read a lot about
>Vista issues with wireless, so I'm not sure which router to get. Also
>worried about security. I don't want to spend a fortune, but I also don't
>want to go "on the cheap" and have nothing but frustration. I use the
>internet for email, music and video. Is there a router out there that can
>give me all of this, with a simple set up, and what security software should
>I use? Thanks!

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Barb - Thank you so much!! This looks perfect.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> I'm extremely pleased with the D-Link DIR-655 wireless router.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sho...ers/dlink.mspx
>
> I believe it's available at Circuit City. It's really simple to
> setup using WiFi Simple Config/Wifi Protected Setup. Use WPA2 for
> security. The router has a built in hardware SPI firewall, so with
> the router, Windows Defender and Windows Firewall, I think you
> should be in good shape.
>
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:30:01 -0700, Kerrie22
> <Kerrie22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Let us know how you like it!

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:28:03 -0700, Kerrie22
<Kerrie22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Barb - Thank you so much!! This looks perfect.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Barb,
I am also newbie to wireless world and I am looking at purchasing the D-Link
DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router to run with my Windows Vista Ultimate and
Xbox360. Will this handle streaming high def movies from my computer? Thanks


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> Let us know how you like it!
>
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:28:03 -0700, Kerrie22
> <Kerrie22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

so, first thing is that you don't want both the computer and the 360
to be wireless. I'll assume that the host computer will be wired.

second is that depending on many things, 802.11g (if you are
thinking about the Xbox wireless adapter) may not be good enough
depending on conditions. I've been using engineering samples of (the
now released) http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=570 and have
one plugged into the ethernet port of my 360, so that enables draft
N on the 2.4GHz side. It works great.

If you have a decent wireless router already, you could get 2 of the
DAP1555's and treat yourself to 5 GHz "draft n" streaming which will
do everything you want.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:13:01 -0700, Moose
<Moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Barb,
>I am also newbie to wireless world and I am looking at purchasing the D-Link
>DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router to run with my Windows Vista Ultimate and
>Xbox360. Will this handle streaming high def movies from my computer? Thanks
>
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Will the DAP1555 also work with Xbox Live or would that be just for streaming
videos?

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> so, first thing is that you don't want both the computer and the 360
> to be wireless. I'll assume that the host computer will be wired.
>
> second is that depending on many things, 802.11g (if you are
> thinking about the Xbox wireless adapter) may not be good enough
> depending on conditions. I've been using engineering samples of (the
> now released) http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=570 and have
> one plugged into the ethernet port of my 360, so that enables draft
> N on the 2.4GHz side. It works great.
>
> If you have a decent wireless router already, you could get 2 of the
> DAP1555's and treat yourself to 5 GHz "draft n" streaming which will
> do everything you want.
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:13:01 -0700, Moose
> <Moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

it works fine with Xbox Live and anything else for that matter.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:27:00 -0700, Moose
<Moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Will the DAP1555 also work with Xbox Live or would that be just for streaming
>videos?
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Great, thank you for all your help.

Moose

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> it works fine with Xbox Live and anything else for that matter.
>
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:27:00 -0700, Moose
> <Moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Let us know here if you buy this gear how things work for you.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:20:00 -0700, Moose
<Moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Great, thank you for all your help.
>
>Moose
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/