The Wonderful World of Wireless
I thought I might start off my first post talking about wireless home networks. The objective: cords are annoying, get rid of them.
Wireless home networks can be very useful in some cases, and very useless in others. Basically, you must purchase a wireless router and plug your high speed internet connection into it. Then, provided your laptop or desktop has a wireless Ethernet card, you can connect to the internet, wire free.
Reasons to own a wireless network: if your family uses many laptops at home, if you own several computers and don't want to string cables all over your house, or if you want to utilize other cool wireless gadgets.
The downside to wireless: The signal can only travel so far. If you own a large house or plan on having the signal travel through many thick walls you may have a very low signal. One solution to this problem is to buy a signal booster, available from most of the same manufacturers who sell wireless routers.
Hard to understand lingo: Wireless signals have developed just as any other technology, which means that there are several different types of signal. These days Wireless B and wireless G
are the most common types. Basically, Wireless G routers work with other wireless G and B devices. Wireless B routers do not work with G devices, because B is older and less compatible. The real difference is price; B can be much cheaper, but obsolete in the future.
There are many cool things you can do with a wireless connection these days. Linksys has come out with innovations such as surveillance cameras that can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection, Wireless telephones that work with the fairly new internet phone program Skype, which I will probably talk about in another post, and home entertainment devices that let you record TV as well as display images from the computer to TV or vice versa.
I've done a bit of comparison shopping for those of you interested in purchasing a wireless router. I strongly suggest linksys as they are the most compatible and easiest to install.
Linksys Wireless G router with speed booster (WRT54G) prices:
Buy.com : $49.93 after rebates and FREE SHIPPING
Ebay: I can see prices in the $50's + shipping, but can't guarantee any prices of course
Circuit City: $49.99 + Shipping
Amazon.com: $59.99 + Shipping
Good luck to all you wireless newbies out there. I will be glad to help anyone with their wireless problems.
For your reading convenience I have added a website for added content. You can go here.
Please excuse the crudity, it's still a work in progress.
(Note to everyone: I LOVE buy.com. I will try my best to hold down my bias.)
Wireless home networks can be very useful in some cases, and very useless in others. Basically, you must purchase a wireless router and plug your high speed internet connection into it. Then, provided your laptop or desktop has a wireless Ethernet card, you can connect to the internet, wire free.
Reasons to own a wireless network: if your family uses many laptops at home, if you own several computers and don't want to string cables all over your house, or if you want to utilize other cool wireless gadgets.
The downside to wireless: The signal can only travel so far. If you own a large house or plan on having the signal travel through many thick walls you may have a very low signal. One solution to this problem is to buy a signal booster, available from most of the same manufacturers who sell wireless routers.
Hard to understand lingo: Wireless signals have developed just as any other technology, which means that there are several different types of signal. These days Wireless B and wireless G
are the most common types. Basically, Wireless G routers work with other wireless G and B devices. Wireless B routers do not work with G devices, because B is older and less compatible. The real difference is price; B can be much cheaper, but obsolete in the future.
There are many cool things you can do with a wireless connection these days. Linksys has come out with innovations such as surveillance cameras that can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection, Wireless telephones that work with the fairly new internet phone program Skype, which I will probably talk about in another post, and home entertainment devices that let you record TV as well as display images from the computer to TV or vice versa.
I've done a bit of comparison shopping for those of you interested in purchasing a wireless router. I strongly suggest linksys as they are the most compatible and easiest to install.
Linksys Wireless G router with speed booster (WRT54G) prices:
Buy.com : $49.93 after rebates and FREE SHIPPING
Ebay: I can see prices in the $50's + shipping, but can't guarantee any prices of course
Circuit City: $49.99 + Shipping
Amazon.com: $59.99 + Shipping
Good luck to all you wireless newbies out there. I will be glad to help anyone with their wireless problems.
For your reading convenience I have added a website for added content. You can go here.
Please excuse the crudity, it's still a work in progress.
(Note to everyone: I LOVE buy.com. I will try my best to hold down my bias.)
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