Afternoon all,
I have FINALLY received my long-awaited Talktalk broadband modem through the post, and want to get it set up ASAP, but have a networking question or two.
In my household I have one very nice G4 Mac Powerbook, with built-in wifi and everything. I also have an appallingly old Dell Optiplex GX110, and I would like to get them both online.
My girlfriend, whose laptop it is, wants a wireless connection. I'd rather be connected via ethernet cable as I hear it's faster and more reliable, and I already have an ethernet card installed, but no wireless card.
Could you recommend a router which supports both wifi and ethernet cable output? Is there such a thing? I've been looking at a few on the net and can't really see...
Is it worth getting a router with built-in firewall? I don't really want to pay for a firewall, and I hear there are some good free software ones available for download, so I'd rather go that way if it's effective enough at keeping my PC secure.
Many thanks in advance
I have FINALLY received my long-awaited Talktalk broadband modem through the post, and want to get it set up ASAP, but have a networking question or two.
In my household I have one very nice G4 Mac Powerbook, with built-in wifi and everything. I also have an appallingly old Dell Optiplex GX110, and I would like to get them both online.
My girlfriend, whose laptop it is, wants a wireless connection. I'd rather be connected via ethernet cable as I hear it's faster and more reliable, and I already have an ethernet card installed, but no wireless card.
Could you recommend a router which supports both wifi and ethernet cable output? Is there such a thing? I've been looking at a few on the net and can't really see...
Is it worth getting a router with built-in firewall? I don't really want to pay for a firewall, and I hear there are some good free software ones available for download, so I'd rather go that way if it's effective enough at keeping my PC secure.
Many thanks in advance
