Comment Re:Consider It Carefully (Score 1) 143
first off,
he is a kid, w/o access to corporate routers. second off, unless he knows someone with good wiring experience.....theres no way they coud wire thier own cables....
third 802.11g does not have the same lag issues that its predecessors had....
fourth they arn't gong to be doing any massive downloading using the campus network, at least if this is a legitimate lan party they won't be, so they will only have the traffic from the games.
4. In response to the previous post, there was several ice coolers filled with various alchoholic beverages, and the women were plentiful....very plentiful
5. one more thing about latency, true they may not have the best connection, but then they are going to be connecting through a high school network, which 9 out of 10 times is a shared connection, with its set of lag/latency issues.
6. More than one wireless linksys router could be used pending on the numberof people involved
7. If the club members have access to better equipment, then use that by all means, but if not then make do with what you can get.
8..Being a former poor college student i remember what it was like....
he is a kid, w/o access to corporate routers. second off, unless he knows someone with good wiring experience.....theres no way they coud wire thier own cables....
third 802.11g does not have the same lag issues that its predecessors had....
fourth they arn't gong to be doing any massive downloading using the campus network, at least if this is a legitimate lan party they won't be, so they will only have the traffic from the games.
4. In response to the previous post, there was several ice coolers filled with various alchoholic beverages, and the women were plentiful....very plentiful
5. one more thing about latency, true they may not have the best connection, but then they are going to be connecting through a high school network, which 9 out of 10 times is a shared connection, with its set of lag/latency issues.
6. More than one wireless linksys router could be used pending on the numberof people involved
7. If the club members have access to better equipment, then use that by all means, but if not then make do with what you can get.
8..Being a former poor college student i remember what it was like....