I live out in the boonies and Direcway or Dialup were my only choices. I tried dialup first. ALL companies were long distance calls, so I had to get and extra phone line, $30 long distance plan, plus the dial up. I was paying over $70 for dialup with a speed of just under 28K. We replaced all the phone lines in the house to try and speed it up with no luck. Phone company would do nothing. SO.....direcway we went. I'm not thrilled with them, but have had them 2yrs now with no other choices :-(
Anyways.......I'll look at the Linksys.
Does the WRT54G/GS work well thru floors/walls? My laptop and my kids desktop are on different floors. Does it matter how many computers are hooked up to that system? My (pregnant) daughter is married to a marine and is moving back home for a long time while he's deployed, she is bringing her laptop. Next year I'm hoping to find a cheap, maybe used laptop for my son for his homeschooling. So in a perfect world would like 4 computers wireless in the near future.
What about the different cards? The internal, USB or pcmcia? And differences performance wise? Do I get Linksys cards if I get the Linksys router?
Sorry such basic questions, I've never done this before and it seems everytime I shop and Comp USA or Best Buy etc......they sell me the wrong things.