wireless router/internet question
I'll apologize now if I make this too long. Hopefully it will at least be clear if not concise. I want to add a wireless security camera system to my house. One of the systems I'm looking at is d...
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joebedford wrote:
If your modem is so old that it can only do 802.11b and not 802.11n, I would chuck it because of low speed.
The one thing that somebody mentioned and I'm not sure if you caught it is that the router will have to connect to the modem from your ISP via cable. There is no easy way to make it connect to your wifi modem via, well, wifi.
My Linksys router is a Model WRT54G, if that helps any. The newer modem/router supplied by Windstream is only about a year old but I cannot find a model number on it. I figured I would have to connect my Linksys router, or whatever I would get to replace it, to the Windstream modem by cable via one of the Ethernet slots so the Linksys/replacement router could connect to the internet. This router would then be dedicated to the dlink wireless security system.
The primary reason I was looking at the dlink 942l was because of the reduced cost and the success one of my friends has had with the cameras, albeit in a slightly different setting.
As the costs potentially increase with the possible purchase of another router I may just opt for a closed circuit system connected to a dvr which would in turn be connected to my Windstream modem/router by Ethernet cable.
Regardless, I appreciate the information I'm receiving here. Thanks.
