Networking and Broadband (wireless connections)

[melkor6925]

Hey all, i'm havingf a few problems trying to find some information and i was wonderig if someone coupld help me.
I Live in the UK and on the 10th of September i am finally able to get Broadband where i live, the problem is i wan to connect all 3 of my Computers to Broadband at the same time using the same connection (1 laptop and 2 Desktop computers), the problem is i don't want to have wires connecting one computer to the other as there al around the House.
How do i go about getting this conected up and what will i need to do this please? Ive been searching the web for a while but can't find any exact answers, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou in Advance.

[paul9]

www.bt.com has some wireless networking products on their site try this link http://www.bt.com/homenetworking/ind...K&obsOID=49291

[John Prophet]

Basically you just need a Wireless router...then you need a wireless card for each computer. Unless maybe one computer will be near the router, then you can just run a cat5 cable to that one.

The router takes the signal from the broadband modem and then splits it out to each computer.

Here is an example of a wireless router....these home type routers are very popular nowadays and easy to setup....they almost all have 4 regular "wired" ports and if they are wireless they have one or two antennas.

Router http://www.dlink.com/products/?model=DI-614%2b

Then for your laptop you will need one of these wireless adapters, for example http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=9

For your desktop you could either use one of these PCI type adapters http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=24

or one of these usb type, sometimes the usb type are cooler because you can move them around to get the antenna in the best spot for reception http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=25

Make sure that all your parts use the same "standard".

802.11b is the most widespread standard...it is rated for 22Mbs

802.11g is the newest standard, it is faster and also it is backwardly compatible with 802.11b.

802.11a was a faster alternative to 802.11b but it didnt really catch on too well...so I wouldnt bother with it.

Good luck, JP