Computer/Network questions. I need multiple computers for internet based school. Which way to go?

[Wulf202]

I have a desktop sans hard drive. Think the power supply was flakey so I junked it. Led monitor. 8ish year old gaming setup you can have if you want to deal with it

[Great-Kazoo]

I have a desktop sans hard drive. Think the power supply was flakey so I junked it. Led monitor. 8ish year old gaming setup you can have if you want to deal with it

Likewise. I have a desk top and HD other than that it works.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

If you need any help setting up let me know.

Wired from the router should be easy.

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[Jer]

I don't have the time to read the entire thread but if it hasn't been suggested yet check out Chromebooks. Based on your needs I think this would be perfect. They're inexpensive, durable, basic and mobile which your kids will love not having to be in a certain place to learn. The boot up in less than 10 seconds so if your kids have a question it's no problem to open it, boot it and get the answer. The Samsung one retails for $249 and I've seen them for less than that. It's worth every bit of $250 IMO. If you're in the Google ecosystem it's even better because you can log into your account and there's all of your info: Email, contacts, calendar, browser history, bookmarks, music, Drive, Talk, Google+, hangouts, etc. Full size keyboard, plenty of expansion slots and what not and no HDD means no moving parts to go bump in the night. The Chrome OS is lightweight and won't have the same bogging down issues that full featured OS's tends to over time. These are really solid devices and for basic web access and about 90% of what most people do they're perfect.

[cfortune]

Here's why it's bullshit...

Tablets? Really? PAY ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION!

Linux? Based off the guys question he's obviously not a computer guy. Linux isn't going to be his friend.

Raspberry Pi? Again, he's not a computer guy.

Make this shit simple for the man.

WIRED switch or router, 3-4 basic computers with Web Cams and WIRED peripherals. DONE! Simple.

Why wired? You really think a wireless set up is going to handle 3-4 systems pulling a live video DOWNLOAD and UPLOAD at the same time? Come on now....

Do you really think wire vs wireless is going to matter when your bottleneck is a 4 mbps down and 1 mbps up interwebz connection.... Come on now...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Do you really think wire vs wireless is going to matter when your bottleneck is a 4 mbps down and 1 mbps up interwebz connection.... Come on now...

Yes. Because the wireless is going to be a bottleneck of its own. Plus, for the kids school wired will be more reliable than wireless. I'd be pissed if my wireless dropped during a test. I'm sure they would be too.

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[JM Ver. 2.0]

unfortunately the whole thing is wireless. We have Satelite (ethernet) it shoots the signal from here about 8 miles to a water tower that has a relay on. there have been several times already that I was paying for a session and we had either a power outage or an internet outage. of course a power outage is an internet outage.

for kids this small it has to be desktops. otherwise, they would break whatever they were using, plus they wouldnt be sitting correctly. all curled up with bad posture. you cant do that all day. and they would screw around if they arent seated in the same place daily.

I forgot you live in the middle of nothing...

Well, I'm sorry.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[Gman]

WLAN of today is much better than it used to be. I have both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless N in my home and run a multitude of devices from it, including streaming HD video to many of them. I can even play online games without any issues. It's not the end of the world.

I like the fact that HBAR has dedicated space for the classes. I have a co-worker and he and his wife have home schooled their 5 kids. They're much further ahead than their public school counterparts and have a much wider volume of knowledge. They also have a dedicated classroom in their home.

...and they have zero social interaction issues by not being in a public school everyday. They go to one of the Cherry Creek schools one day a week to work on things like science labs that aren't so easy to do in the home.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

ok,
we bought the 4 computer, 4 monitors, 4 cameras, 4 headsets, 4 wireless usb adapters,etc....

I hooked them all up and 3 of them are up and working perfect, wirelessly.

the 4th one wont allow me to install the driver for the wireless usb adapter. It is a Tenda mini 11n wireless usb adapter. model W311M.

it keeps coming up

Feature Transfer Error
Feature RT2870 Driver
Component Rt2870_Driver_VistaX64
File D:\APP\setup.exe
error Data error (cyclicredundancycheck)

I got ahold of tech support for both the computer and for microtech. they couldnt be anymore worthless if they tried.

I have tried using multiple copies of the driver dvd. no luck
I have tried known good usb adapters. no luck.
I have tried to download the drivers from Tenda, so far no luck.

should I just stick the windowns 7 cds in the computer and redo the whole thing?

microcenter is saying bring it back. 200 miles round trip, I will try to get it done. I know some of you guys are very knowledgeable about this area.

Any help would be appreciated.

Use in order from left to right...

[RblDiver]

If you've tried other DVD's, it sounds like it could be a bad DVD drive.
http://library.techguy.org/wiki/CRC_...Transfer_Error