They should work but how well will depend on that X in 802.11X. For best results you should use the 802.11n variant at both ends. It's faster and works at longer ranges but it will cost substantially more. See how you get on with what you have ordered. If you find the connection slow or flaky you can possibly wait to upgrade when the money-fairy calls.
Better to understand the OPs situation first, IME.
MBQ
You sound like the clueless droids who staff talk talk first and second level support line.
MBQ
The dongles I've bought come with a USB extension lead, I'm guessing for precisely this reason.
I'm not on BT but I installed a brand new home hub 2 that was shiny black with blue lights a couple of weeks ago for a disabled neighbour.
The wifi worked straight out of the box once the access key was entered which was a relief as the only terminal device immediately to hand was an iPad which I'd never even seen before let alone used.
The thread had gone on to suggest wireless for his desktop. I was suggesting not using wireless for /this/.
Mark wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I certainly wondered about using ethernet, but I wasn;t sure if my Android device could access the net via ethernet. Do you think it can? There is no ethernet port on it; only USB sockets. I could get an ethernet-to-USB adapter. Do you think that would work?
Cheers.
Al
Could've sworn mine was disabled when it arrived. Maybe a different tester at the factory. That or I've forgotten that I disabled it when I installed it as I didn't use wifi at the time.
Once it's enabled, it works fine, except that mine occasionally refuses to renew the connection on a computer that's been elswhere, or drops a connection at random.
I'm lazy, and the phone normally works just as well in my pocket, or attached to the windscreen, where it replaces a dedicated GPS unit, but in a couple of places I go to regularly, the phone needs to be a couple of metres away from the only flat surface available to type on. The dongle didn't work *for me*, the phone does. YMMV, and so on.
well maybe.
I was sane enough to CAT5 the house.
By all means use wireless for portable devices like your android device. I was recommending using wired connection for desktops. Wireless can be unreliable so it is better (IMHO) to use wires where you can.
Sure, I could plug a wire in, but it would gain me nothing. The big gain (ie flexibility to be anywhere) from the wireless comes when I'm further away, which is also when the signal starts to fall off.
Agreed.
That's a desktop laptop, innit.
Right now, yes - later today it will become a laptop laptop again, and the cycle will probably be repeated many many times :-)
well her it gaisn about 2-4 times in speed when two machines are concerned, and stops file transfers between desktop and the server blocking the link for the other desktop to access the internet, FOR example.
The big gain (ie
If you wire the house properly, you can hook in anywhere.
Not that we ever do. Her is where the best screens, dedicated desks, comfy chairs and all the info needed, and so on, is.
I'm sure she appreciates your efforts, ungrammatical as they may be :p
Andy
I got a wireless access point for accessories that only have wireless capability and now for a wireless printer. Now also use it to back up to an old desktop upstairs. Main PCs are hard wired after too many slow getting connected starts.
I forgot to mention I am squeezing the last out of this coffee splashed ash encrusted keyboard as well.
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