I live in a dorm at college, and we have ethernet (LAN) jacks in every
room.  I want to be able to use wireless in the room, and I tried
hooking up a LinkSys wireless broadband router, but it won't work bc
the thing is looking for a cable/dsl modem, which I obviously don't
use.  What wireless product do I need to use?  Please specify D-Link
device (one of the AirPlusXtremeG models with 108mps)  Thank you!!

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 25 Mar 2004 18:05 PST

gojira248:

Can you please clarify a few points for me, before I formulate and post an Answer?

- what is your college IT department's policy on end-user deployment
of wireless networks connected to the dormitory network? I ask this
because I know of many colleges and universities that specifically do
not allow students to deploy their own wireless access points due to
security concerns; any that are found during periodic sweeps with a
detector result in the student losing their network access privileges.
I want to make sure you'll be OK before pointing you towards a
solution!

- how are IP addresses assigned? Most likely your dorm network uses
DHCP, but some schools use port-specific address assignment to help
them track down virus-infected machines, or 'illegal' activities such
as P2P file sharing of copyrighted materials.

- which model of Linksys wireless broadband router do you have? Most
Linksys routers can be configured to work on a network, saving you the
expense of having to buy another router.

- what wireless adapter do you have in your computer? You mention the
D-Link AirPlusXtreme G series; please note that all devices in the
wireless network must be AirPlusXtreme G devices if you want to see
the type of speeds that D-Link advertises. Also, while that may be the
maximum possible speed within your wireless network, you will still be
limited by the available bandwidth from your dorm network.

Looking forward to your clarifications,

aht-ga
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