What is Wireless networking????

[Catchen22]

OKAY, so I sound like a dork. But seriously...what is wireless networking? I know it hooks two computers together, but is that it? Can I share files with the other computer? Can I play somebody else on the other computer? Can both computers get on the internet through on phone line? Somebody explain this to me. If I do get wireless networking what do I need? I have two desktop computers and want to hook them up. Any info you can give me will help. Thanx alot guys.

 

[n0cmonkey]

google it!

Yes you can share files and play games, if you have the correct equipment you can use all of the machines through a phone line, and yes, you should have looked this up.

 

[Catchen22]

so what kind of equipment do I need or what would you suggest?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< so what kind of equipment do I need or what would you suggest? >>



I like the Apple airport and airport cards. They seem to be pretty good. If you need PC equipment most major networking companies out there make some equipment (cisco, linksys, netgear, etc). Look for reviews on the web to see what is best.

 

[learningstill]

Catchen22,

Here are some Wireless LAN reviews that you can check out. Hope you will feel better about WLAN after reading these reviews.

SMC Barricade Wireless Broadband Router
Linksys EtherFast Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router
TRENDnet Wireless LAN
ZoomAir Wireless LAN
SMC2652 WLAN
Lucent Orinoco Residential Gateway Wireless LAN
Symbol WLAN
AmbiCom Wave2Net Wireless LAN
D-Link Wireless LAN Series
Linksys Instant Wireless LAN
SOHOware NetBlaster II Wireless LAN
Hawking Technology 11-Mbps Wireless LAN
Enterasys WLAN
Nokia Wireless LAN
3Com AirConnect Wireless LAN
Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 Access Point and Adapters

 

[JackMDS]

Take a look here, prices today are much lower then indicated in this thread, but the basic is the same.

The Wireless Solution.

Best price today only (Oct. 30, 2001)

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/DOTD/DOTD.asp?sku=70004702

 

[Willoughbyva]

I was going to go wireless, but it is to expensive for me. So for like $40.00 I am going HPNA, though it will cause me to run a phone line (I already have the cable). Don't forget the HPNA option, Anand's article shows that it is faster than wireless too, but wireless is kind of nice, if I had a laptop I probably would do wireless.

Good Luck

Will