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Basic Wireless Networking Tutorial
Welcome to my short wireless networking tutorial.
Setting up a wireless home network is very easy.
Windows is very network
friendly and provides you with simple wizards to click through.
Each manufacturer is slightly different to set up but if you buy from
a reputable brand like D-Link they provide you with detailed instructions
on how to get your wireless network up and running.
The most important part is understanding how all the components in
a network fit together.
Take a look at the diagram below.
As you can see a wireless network that shares a broadband Internet
connection is not complicated.
The wireless router takes the data from the modem and splits it between
the computers connect to it. The computers connected can also access
files on each others had drive provided you have enabled file sharing
on each computer.
If you are using a cable modem then your cable connection would replace
the phone line.
If you want some great easy to understand information on setting up
a small wireless network to share your Internet connection at home
check out the Smallnetbuilder.com
- wireless setup and configuration guide.
I recommend you go for a good quality brand route and accessories
from D-Link. D-Link has the cheapest and fastest wireless networking
equipment. It is easy to set up and gives you a good range.
Currently they have the fastest wireless routers at the lowest prices.
D-Link 54Mbps Wireless Router
 The 54 Mbps is very fast and will give you about half the speed of
a 100Mbps regular wired network connection. US Robotics, Linksys and
D-Links are all good brands with comparable products and any will
do depending on what good deals there are at the time.  You will also need wireless network card in each of your computers.
You need small PC cards for laptops. I recommend getting a dual band
card even though you only plan on using the B band 2.4 Ghz router.
Dual band PC cards have much better range than single band B cards.
For desktop computers you should get a high speed 54Mdps wireless
PCI network card.
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