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Question about Wifi Max
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22. August 2006 @ 05:34 |
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Hello guys hows everyone?
Anyway I was browsing my local EBgames store and I came across a little dongle of an item called Wifi Max...lik-sang had this description when i looked it up...
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At last, you can connect your PSP to the internet easily, cheaply and WIRELESSLY! With WiFi MAX, a whole world of online gaming is opened, and you can also manage your files and surf the net from almost anywhere in the house. WiFi MAX for PSP couldn't be simpler to use. Just plug your USB WiFi dongle into your internet-enabled PC to create a Wireless Access Point. You can then connect to the internet and play online-enabled multiplayer games with PSP gamers from all over the world. Just the thing if you don't have a wireless router! Best of all, WiFi MAX supports up to five ?local' PSP gamers at a time, so you and your mates can all play online at once! As well as multiplayer games, WiFi MAX also lets you organise your media files and download them to your PC using our exclusive MAX Media Server software. Transfer MP3s, images and video files from your PC to your PSP from anywhere that's within range of your new WiFi network. As it operates on the Wireless G standard, it's five times faster than an ordinary WiFi connection, and if you use our USB cable and dongle stand (supplied), you can position your dongle to maximise your effective WiFi range. If you have other WiFi-enabled devices capable of using the internet, such as laptops or PDAs, you can take them online with WiFi MAX too. It's the ultimate device for internet surfing without a WiFi router!
Sounds good when put out by a company who just wants to sell you the item and get your money...so I want to hear it from you guys.
Does this item provide realible WiFi connection for your PSP for your entire house or do you need to be right next to the hub?
If it works like a regular wifi connection with the same distance as regular wifi connections, is it easy to have your wifi stolen by neighbors?
Lastly so it works with the PSP will it also work well with my wifi enabled dell laptop?
Appreciate any help that can be given.
-Seg
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amitguru
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22. August 2006 @ 06:25 |
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Im telling you now, DONT BUY THIS! If you do I can assure you that you'll throw it out of the window within the next 3 days, now dont ask why lol, Best is, buy a router for cheap and set up is easy ;)
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22. August 2006 @ 06:42 |
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Alrighty mr bold.
Just looking for clarification and well I guess you might be right, thatse why I wasnt too sure on buying it.
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amitguru
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22. August 2006 @ 06:53 |
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Exactly nice thinking, although Im sorry for the bold, just wanted to put across the thought to u lol
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22. August 2006 @ 06:56 |
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Yeah just get a real linksys router, i can guarntee youll be much more satisfied.
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rogerm16
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22. August 2006 @ 07:11 |
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well i use the Wifi Max myself, i think it was worth the money, the only problems i found with it was how hard it was to set up on my computer, and you having to update the drivers(the ones that come with the wifi max sucks) other than that i get internet thats faster than my friends internet, and he uses a wireless router. the Wifi max is ok
yeah...im a newbie..a learning one teach me!!
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22. August 2006 @ 07:25 |
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Well, as of now my laptop can sniff out my next door neighbors wifi, works at 40Mbps though not the normal 100 cable has. So im thinking if i just hooked up my ethernet into the wifi max my laptop will recognize it instantly...Idk this thing isnt a necessity just a toy.
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22. August 2006 @ 07:42 |
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the 100 mbs is a fake gag speed, the fastest speed u can get out of your cable is 18mbs, ill post a link u can use to test your internet speed in a min
here it is, http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
my speed on average is 3.2mbs
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amitguru
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22. August 2006 @ 08:10 |
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91 kbps lol
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22. August 2006 @ 09:45 |
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thats slow, wat time wuz this?
there were times wen mine went down to 31 kbs :P
and at my friends place {he works for rogers} his top speed was 12.6 mbs
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22. August 2006 @ 10:30 |
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yea my work connection is 2.8 which isnt too bad on account of all the people already linked to it.
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22. August 2006 @ 10:53 |
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it depends wat time it is, how close u are to a junction box, and how many other junction boxes your cable has to go through
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