Always On Connections

Hi

I am new to wireless networking, and I was wondering:

- Has anybody had any experience with the Netgear DG834G? Is it any good?
- I am currently using a Speedtouch modem for my ADSL connectivity, and this
connects to a capped service. Do wireless adapters such as the DG834G
'dial-up' when requested, or are they 'always-connected'. I'm worried that
if it's 'always-connected', I will reach my cap limit of 6GB more quickly.
- Do I have to connect at least one computer to the DG834G using wires, or
can all the computers be wireless. In effect, I will be removing the need
for my telephone extension cable if that's the case.

Thanks for any replies.

Will.

William Gould wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new to wireless networking, and I was wondering:
>
> - Has anybody had any experience with the Netgear DG834G? Is it any good?
> - I am currently using a Speedtouch modem for my ADSL connectivity, and this
> connects to a capped service. Do wireless adapters such as the DG834G
> 'dial-up' when requested, or are they 'always-connected'. I'm worried that
> if it's 'always-connected', I will reach my cap limit of 6GB more quickly.
> - Do I have to connect at least one computer to the DG834G using wires, or
> can all the computers be wireless. In effect, I will be removing the need
> for my telephone extension cable if that's the case.
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> Will.
>
>
I've used the dg834g, and it's pretty good. It can be set to
dial-on-demand with a settable timeout.

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.

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.

>- 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.


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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.

Great. Thanks for the very helpful information.

Will.

"DanR" <dhr22@sorrynospm.com> wrote in message
news:eIhAe.157$Bo3.106@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com. ..
>
>
> 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.
>
>

> - I am currently using a Speedtouch modem for my ADSL connectivity, and
this
> connects to a capped service. Do wireless adapters such as the DG834G
> 'dial-up' when requested, or are they 'always-connected'. I'm worried that
> if it's 'always-connected', I will reach my cap limit of 6GB more quickly.

You can leave it on indefinitely. I use about 0.5Gb a month always
connected. I read as many web pages as I like and update any software I have
over the internet. I occassionally view video from news websites etc.

There are two main things that you need to do to get above the 1Gb barrier
per month.

1. Frequent binary downloads/file sharing.
2. Be so insecure that every man and his dog are using your computer to spam
child pornography across the Internet or launching DOS attacks.

Christian.

Thanks for clarifying this.

Will.

"Christian McArdle" <cmcardle75@nospam.yahooxxxx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:42d2990c$0$13696$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex. net...
>> - I am currently using a Speedtouch modem for my ADSL connectivity, and
> this
>> connects to a capped service. Do wireless adapters such as the DG834G
>> 'dial-up' when requested, or are they 'always-connected'. I'm worried
>> that
>> if it's 'always-connected', I will reach my cap limit of 6GB more
>> quickly.
>
> You can leave it on indefinitely. I use about 0.5Gb a month always
> connected. I read as many web pages as I like and update any software I
> have
> over the internet. I occassionally view video from news websites etc.
>
> There are two main things that you need to do to get above the 1Gb barrier
> per month.
>
> 1. Frequent binary downloads/file sharing.
> 2. Be so insecure that every man and his dog are using your computer to
> spam
> child pornography across the Internet or launching DOS attacks.
>
> Christian.
>
>
>