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Dante Hicks · 9 Jan 2008, 22:27

I'd personally avoid wireless if it's possible.

Not because they'll irradiate your genitalia and lead to your children having the power to-do-anything-a-spider-can, but they just seem to have more problems. Yes, I am aware of wireless connections that never go wrong, but overall there is more scope for connectivity issues which entry level users find difficult to fix. Equipment is no doubt miles better these days, but when I get asked these sorts of questions by colleagues I tend to give them a bit of RJ45 cable. If nothing else, if a cable is five metres long people tend to realise their connection range is about 5m. With wireless connections, people expect them to work between any two points even when said points are several miles apart and divided by lead shielded concrete barriers.

9 Jan 2008, 22:27	#35
Dante Hicks Clerk Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 13,940	Re: Computer Network Question I'd personally avoid wireless if it's possible. Not because they'll irradiate your genitalia and lead to your children having the power to-do-anything-a-spider-can, but they just seem to have more problems. Yes, I am aware of wireless connections that never go wrong, but overall there is more scope for connectivity issues which entry level users find difficult to fix. Equipment is no doubt miles better these days, but when I get asked these sorts of questions by colleagues I tend to give them a bit of RJ45 cable. If nothing else, if a cable is five metres long people tend to realise their connection range is about 5m. With wireless connections, people expect them to work between any two points even when said points are several miles apart and divided by lead shielded concrete barriers.