How should I set up my home network?

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i have 3 computers at home on a network. im sharing my dialup connection on my computer using a hub. im planning to have a dsl connection maybe this week. how can i still share my dsl connection when the dsl modem is connected to my ethernet card? should i buy another ethernet card? router for me is kinda complicated.

Doug: it may just work. If you're connected to more than one LAN, the OS figures out where named resources are by, essentially, asking on all connected networks and seeing who responds. It's been a while since I worked with this type of situation, but as I said ... it might "just work".

Roberto: you want a router (the interface between the internet and all your computers) with a wireless access point (the way the wireless computers will connect to the router) built in. Think of the access point as nothing more than a wireless alternative to the network cables that also come out of the router.

Bahmshayno: you can make what you describe work, but I'd REALLY recommend a router. These days they're cheap, they're small, and in most cases you just plug them in and they work.

I'm about to buy a laptop as a 2nd computer. Your saying I should then also buy a router and then a wireless base station (i take it that is for sendin the routed signals)
will this do the same job as both of those things : http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=2CS8 (sorry about linking to external pages!)

And with this laptop : http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=3FK0 do I need to buy a wireless notebook card (I don't think I would have to looking at the specs - but I want to be sure!)

Thanks for your time.

Malc

(www.trackam.co.uk)

Actually I do *not* recommend getting a *separate* router and base station for small installations. I *do* recommend exactly the kind of device you've linked to: a single device that is both. The Belkin you point to should be fine, I run a LinkSys in a couple of situations as well. More recommendations here: http://ask-leo.com/d-recommend

Thanks very much - Ive ordered those items (and a wireless laptop card to as the model Im getting doesnt have one intergrated).

Cheers

Malc (soon to be network enabled)

Is it safe for health to place our wireless router on a bedside table beside our bed, with a view to frequency emissions etc. This is where our phone console is. Just got me thinking when you read about the concern with mobile phones etc.

I don't know. I've not heard of any research or data one way or the other.

Hi Leo:
I have two computers. They are both be within a few feet of each other. I have a cable modem. I want to share the network connection. I like Linksys. Even though I don't need wireless at the moment, and truthfully, not sure if I will, I will probably buy a wireless router. Question: should I buy the linksys wrt54g to get 802.11g (and a + b) or the befw11s4 that does a and b?

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