Great. Thanks for the very helpful information.

Will.

"DanR" <dhr22@sorrynospm.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>