Ok i got a belkin router and i was wondering if i had to get other belkin stuff to connect to it. Like can i get a D-link Pc card or usb adapter and it would connect to the Belkin router or would i have to get the belkin stuff to go to it.
2006-11-10 07:58:25 · 10 answers · asked by Hai! 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
doesn't have to be from belkin. As longs as they pick up the wireless signal youre ok
2006-11-10 08:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by abelp068 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the box for your Belkin. If it does wireless, it'll say what kind it does. Probably it's 802.11G or 802.11B. Any other device that has the same kind of wireless will work with it perfectly.
When companies were first trying to figure out how to sell computer equipment, they realized it was easier to sell if it all worked together well. So, they got together a group called the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which writes rules together on what equipment has to do to work together.
For some strange reason, which probably makes sense to them, every rule they write starts with the number 802.11 and ends with a letter. If you've got two devices that say they follow the rule of 802.11G, they'll work together... or a herd of lawyers and engineers will descend and make that company's life hell. Their stock would probably go down the toilet too.
Any device that follows the rules on 802.11g for example, has to get along with any other device that's also 802.11g. The rules on G also say that these devices have to be able to slow down and do B instead. (You may have seen this in action before, have you ever been on a wireless network, and noticed that it suddenly slowed down when someone else came by with an older laptop?)
Your belkin probably has a wireless access point in it which does 802.11g.
The important exception- 802.11N
lately, people have been selling some devices which are called pre-N or draft- N. They're always very careful to say that it isn't really N. The reason is that the 802.11N rules aren't actually out yet, companies are still fighting over what they should be. Sometimes the N stuff still works well together, often it doesn't.
I just wouldn't bother buying any of the pre-N devices, unless they can also work with one of the older sets of rules, like 802.11G.
Wikipedia has an article on this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ieee_802.11...
2006-11-10 19:04:29 · answer #2 · answered by btoblake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theoritically, Its all compatible. But sometimes the companies wan u to buy their stuff so if u get into problems they tell u all kinds of excuses and say that its the routers fault....etc
but den again for the adapter.. it doesn matter...
Just make sure you get a wireless card/ adapter with the same supported protocols. Wireless routers either support protocol 802.11g or 802.11b or both. Get a card with the same specs.
2006-11-10 16:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dude4736 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2013-12-14 11:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah pretty much any brand will work. You computer isn't a Belkin after all ;)
Only propretary stuff like Super-G and stuff like that requires the same brand (and compatible models).
802.11 a/b/g are standards and all brands use them
only the 802.11g+ differs from manufacturers
2006-11-10 16:01:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all compatible. Just make sure you get a wireless card with the same supported protocols. Wireless routers either support protocol 802.11g or 802.11b or both. Get a card witht he same specs.
2006-11-10 16:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by John D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A router acts as a junction between two or more networks to transfer data packets among them by using mobail technology
try this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wireless_router&redirect=no
2006-11-10 16:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by omar34443 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can mix and match thats the beauty of engineering standards 802.11G and so on...
Most newer devices are backward compatible to the older 802.11b. Your equipment should mention the standards they are compatible with.
2006-11-10 16:08:50 · answer #8 · answered by ratdog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use almost anything as long as it works on the same signal like if your router is b then you need a b card ect
2006-11-10 16:01:49 · answer #9 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no; you can use any vendor you like. network devices are made so that you can intertwine different technologies and vendors.
2006-11-10 16:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by jeremycarnes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋