2007-03-22 00:52:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Assuming "tower" means a computer, yes. In fact, you don't -need- a computer to have a wireless internet connection. many routers today send off the signal without the computer. Of course, you can (I believe) create a wireless signal from a wired computer via some expensive thumb-type drive.
2007-03-22 00:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To use a computer "wireless" you need two things. The first is a wireless router which attaches to your cabel or DSL modem and sends out a wireless radio signal. The other is a wireless card in the computer to receive the signal. If you have those two, you can set up a wireless link between them.
However, if you have only one computer, and it is a "tower", not a laptop, why would want to set up a wireless contection? Using a network cable, desktops are able to run at 100mbps. A wireless connection, if it is working at full speed, only goes at 54mbps (half the speed). Then if you are any distance from the router, or have something like a wall, wiring, pipes, etc. between the pc and the router, it reduces further. The average on a wireless connection is about 20-30mbps (1/3 the speed of a wire). Not to mention the cost of buy a router ($50) and a wireless card (another $50) to cut your speed by 2/3. Waste of money.
If you only have one desktop computer, why would you want to go wireless?
2007-03-22 01:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times a single cellular telephone tower is placed on the top of a mountain in rural countrysides and covers a radius of 20 miles or more around it. However it may still have several "sector" directional antennas rather than a single omni antenna to cover the full 360 degrees. The reason you would need more towers is if you left it's coverage area, or if the number of users in the coverage area got too large for just one tower to handle all the calls. Downtown city areas have towers much closer together than rural areas. When you leave a tower's coverage area, you are gradually passed off to a neighboring tower's area. Metropolitan 802.11g Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) work similarly to cellular grid layouts with base station "towers" located close enough together to provide continuous coverage throughout the metropolitan area and to handle the number of simultaneous users on any one Access Point (AP).
2007-03-22 00:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. Wireless router connected to phone socket. Tower positioned anywhere you want fitted with a USB Wireless dongle or Internal Wireless PCI card.
2007-03-22 01:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, just fit a wireless network card on your PC or tower and configure it to your router and you have a wireless network
2007-03-22 00:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a wireless router then you could fit a wireless card or dongle for a wireless connection to it
2007-03-22 00:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mike C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Buy a wireless Router and a wireless Network card for your tower.
READ the USERS GUIDE for network setup.
2007-03-22 00:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. you can have it with as many you want.
2007-03-22 00:56:51 · answer #8 · answered by Triumph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2007-03-22 00:57:02 · answer #9 · answered by SAM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋