Ok all I want to do is essentially hook up 2 computers over a network, but I know nothing about routers, and can see no difference between this and this. Hooking up a printer would be nice too.
to connect two systems together all you need is a NIC in each system, & the NIC's connected together with an ethernet cable (CAT5) and possibly an Ethernet hub / switch between them, or just attach a printer to either system the difference for you to compare is: here basically the more expensive one will provide broadband connections to any OS, the cheaper 1 says it will only work with Win2k and above[ot]but any linux user worth his salt will have no trouble getting it to work in linux[/ot]there probably are more differences, but i can't see them straight away
Well, with a site as crappy as that future shop thing, anyone would be hard-pressed to figure out the differences. Their description of the product and the specifications are laughably (or should I say woefully?) meaningless and incomplete. Auto detecting? Auto sensing? wtf is that about? what is it autodetecting or sensing?? I especially like this one: "LAN connection: yes" (in the second link) ... ummmmm ... isn't that the whole point of a router in the first place? To provide a a Local Area Network connection?? okay, that was helpful; thanks, future shop. I'm glad to know your particular routers provide LAN connections. Also in the second link: "Speed: 10/100 Mbps". Speed of what? the LAN or WAN ports? "Wireless standard: 10/100 Mpbs". And what about the standard? g only? g and b? other standards? (i forgot what else is available) This is ridiculous. The only meaningful thing I've gleaned is that the second link is a wireless router (so u can use either wired or wireless connection) whereas the first one is wired only. So there u go, I found 1 difference for ya. Enjoy
