"Chris F Clark" <cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message
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> I have done it the easy way. I currently have 2 wireless adapters
> (one on each TiVo).
>
> However, I have 2 or 3 laptops on the wireless network all the time,
> some of them running what I assume are bandwidth intensive operations
> (RDP, VNC, and FTP xfers to and from my place of work). I'd just like
> to not have TiVos fighting for that bandwidth as I move programs from
> the old TiVo to the new one whence I can burn them to DVDs. Moreover,
> eventually I will probably set up another compute lab in my basement.
> I would also like that lab on its own local hardwired ethernet, with a
> wireless connection to the two floors above. So, knowing how to use
> wireless as a "WAN" is good for me to know in general.
>
> I don't know at what point wierelss slows down, but I could ensision
> having a dozen devices that want to be on the net generally, and I'd
> rather most of them be tied to a hardwired ethernet, so that I only
> have a few wireless devices, plus the laptop in my hand and the one in
> my wife's hand. In addition, I have 4 or 5 neighbors also with
> wireless nets that I can see from my house. I'd rather cut down on
> the interference with them also, better bandwidth for all involved.

have a look at power line networking - you can get several 10s of Mbps
easily on newer types of kit.

Also less affected by walls :)

finally you can use it as a "backhaul" for wireless - i havent used this
stuff yet, but probably will be doing soon.
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...ome+Networking
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