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 when you are ready to do your wireless networking .

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