What products are required to go wireless with a T1 line? Can I just use a standard router?
Going wireless should not be influenced by the nature of your internet connection. Here, I will assume that your definition of "standard router" is the kind of router we can buy at any electronic store (DLink, Linksys). I you are think more about a high end router such as a Cisco 2600 or 2800, please post a comment and I will adjust my answer.
If you already have internet access through your T1 using a wired network, you may just add one (or more) Wireless Access Points to your existing network. No need for a router here since you already have one for connecting the wired network.
On the other side, if your T1 line will be dedicated to your Wireless access, then a router should do the job. Usualy a T1 line uses a static IP address on the WAN side. If your Wireless coverage required more than one Access Points, then I would suggest you to use a standard router (no Wifi) with seperate access points.
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Thank you very much for your reply!
Yes, the T1 line we would use is dedicated to the wireless acess. You are correct too, in that this would be a router I would buy from the electronic store. I was going to buy the Linksys Wireless-N Home Router (WRT150N). I saw I would get the access point as well as the router. Think this will do the job?
I started thinking about the T1 accesss and not being familiar I had second thoughts about my purchase.
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