Thread: New wifi connection queries

I am currently using a 1MBPS UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD Airtel Broadband connection in New Delhi, India.
I am thinking about upgrading my modem to be a WIFI connection.

Now, I have a query.

If I use three laptops with the same WIFI, and download something on 1 laptop, will the download speed of the laptop get affected or will it be the same as it is right now on my connection (around 100-120 kbps) . On the other two laptops, I will simply be browsing, not downloading anything in particular.

Please help, and any other information you can give me about WIFI related to downloading , it would be great.


Thanks.

Also, I just contacted Airtel a while earlier.
They said, that the WIFI MODEM is not available till September 1st week in the New Delhi area.

That gives me another problem, I need WIFI and they do not have the modem.
But as I am given to understand, we can use our own WIFI modem with the Airtel connection right?

But they do not give any support to a third-party modem.

Can you please suggest to me whether I should wait for Airtel to get their modems or buy a separate WIFI modem and get the Airtel connection done on it?

And which modem if I should get one?

You can go in for a wireless router and you can use any number of wireless connections with it but I would suggest that you have at least 1 computer hard wired to the router. Normally wireless connections are slower than a hard wired connection. Maybe you can use the hard wired computer to download stuff and wireless computers to browse the internet. You can go in for a Linksys router model no WRT54G.. Its really a good router.. Cheers!!.

Didn't you ask this question earlier and got a whole load of replies including mine?