okay, so I think I'm going to make it so I can use my laptop in the lounges of my dormitory (w/o ethernet cords),
but in order to do this, I need to get a wireless card and router/or access point, since I have neither.
The card I already have picked out I think,
but I'm wondering. do you guys think I should get a router or an access point? They are about the same price, on pricewatch.
now let me get this straight. if I got just an access point, the advantage would be that my notebook would still retain
its IP on the college network, right?
Where-as if I got a wireless router, I could use it for routing purposes if I wanted to, but then my router would be the only thing with a network IP, and my laptop and computers which use the router, would get IPs like: 192.168.0.2, etc
right?
I'm thinking the access point might be better, because then I dont have to re-register anything on the network, and other people can use it just as easily too, under their own Mac addresses, (whereas the router's mac address would have to be registered under my name, which could cause me to take the hit, if someone got in trouble for downloading something, etc)
any thoughts with you guys?
but in order to do this, I need to get a wireless card and router/or access point, since I have neither.
The card I already have picked out I think,
but I'm wondering. do you guys think I should get a router or an access point? They are about the same price, on pricewatch.
now let me get this straight. if I got just an access point, the advantage would be that my notebook would still retain
its IP on the college network, right?
Where-as if I got a wireless router, I could use it for routing purposes if I wanted to, but then my router would be the only thing with a network IP, and my laptop and computers which use the router, would get IPs like: 192.168.0.2, etc
right?
I'm thinking the access point might be better, because then I dont have to re-register anything on the network, and other people can use it just as easily too, under their own Mac addresses, (whereas the router's mac address would have to be registered under my name, which could cause me to take the hit, if someone got in trouble for downloading something, etc)
any thoughts with you guys?