Mark McIntyre wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:22:05 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "William
> Gould" <w.gould@nospam.virgin.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am new to wireless networking, and I was wondering:
> (amongst other things)
>
>> I'm worried that
>> if it's 'always-connected', I will reach my cap limit of 6GB more quickly.
>
> No, you won't. You only use up your allowance if you actually do
> something - background 'just being connected' doesn't use up anything
> worth worrying about.
>
There are some programs that will use the Internet in the background like
anti-virus updaters etc. But that's a good thing.

> F'rinstance, including fairly heavy use of binary newsgroups I average
> around 3GB/month, and I have my PC permanently on, and my router
> permanently connected.

I just checked my logs and the most I've downloaded in a month was 700MB. I use
the Internet a lot but don't do MP3 etc type downloads.

>> - Do I have to connect at least one computer to the DG834G using wires, or
>> can all the computers be wireless.
>
> Can be all wireless. Though you will find it more convenient to
> confgigure the router while connected by a wire.

Yes, can be all wireless day to day but you should be able to connect via CAT5
cable for router setup like Mark said AND when doing router firmware updates.
When doing a router firmware update it's safest to connect by wire AND
disconnect ALL other wireless computers from the network.