<p>I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with Intel Pro 3945 and Dell 350 bluetooth internal wireless cards.. Do I have to buy anything else inorder to go wireless on campus??</p>
<p>Also, is there an advantage to using wired internet? and how much does that wire cost?? (sry i don't know the proper term)</p>
<p>Bluetooth isn't for wireless networking; it's for connecting wirelessly to peripherals like mice, keyboards, PDAs and cellphones (at very short range). The buzzword you're looking for is 802.11b/g or WiFi - that's wireless networking.</p>
<p>The wired internet on campus tends to be faster than wireless. Also, the bandwidth limit is higher for wired (2GB per day, as opposed to 800MB per day for wireless).</p>
<p>You can buy an Ethernet cable for wired networking for less than $10 from the campus computer store. You'll also have to buy a pass-through connector for $11 if you're in an on-campus dorm.</p>
<p>is there a way to make the wired connection which you get in your room to wireless? cant you get a wireless router or something, so that u can have a total of 2 gb+ 750 mb of wireless n/w limit!</p>
<p>i don't know much about computers.. is 2 GB a lot or a little? and how can I tell how much bandwidth i'm using?</p>
<p>2 GB is about average, and generally more than you need. It's 2 GB both ways (from what I heard), so if you download a movie that's 700 MB and upload it (seed/share it) another 700 MB, you still have 600 MB to use. I'm not promoting downloading movies -it's just an example</p>
<p>Basically, the easiest way to go over the 2 GB quota is to leave Bittorrent on seeding a larger file, or you can just download a lot of Linux live Cds...</p>
<p>You're not allowed to hook up your own router to CMU's network. Technically, you can be kicked off of it for up to 45 days, I think, if you try and they notice.</p>
<p>If you're not downloading movies/music like CSW tells you you're not supposed to be, you'll never come even close to your limit (unless you're backing up files someplace over wireless).</p>
<p>Actually my friend got a warning because he was streaming music for a really long time (almost all day) over the wireless connection. But as long as you don't download too many big files in 1 day you should be ok.</p>