Need help making the leap from wired to wireless?

In routers, you need two things: signal clarity and security. How far does its signal go? And how easy is it to catch those signals?

Next comes security. It is possible for your neighbors also to catch your signal if your router is switched on. So, you need to encrypt and password-protect your router.

Also, as you are a beginner in wireless world, you should also ask how easy it is to install that router. And you also own many gadgets. So, you should also ask whether the router is compatible with those gadgets or not.

Most of Linksys routers will pass all these tests.

In routers, there are many standards, denoted by some alpha numeric codes. They are 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n standards. For day-to-day purposes, 802.11g is sufficient. The higher the number of the alphabet (I mean, a is the first letter, b is second, etc), the latest the standard is. It means, 802.11n is newer than all these other standards. And new standards are backward compatible. It means, if you buy a router compatible with 802.11n, it will also support all the previous standards also.

You should also look how many ports the router has. The more the ports, the more gadgets you can connect at the same time.

Just about any home router will do, Linksys, Netgear etc. You may want to look for an "N" standard as that is the next generation (after G) of router wireless speeds. Also, get a 4 port wireless router for any devices you want to connect hardwired. You don't need a business class router. Lastly, remember when you are sharing the DSL bandwidth that your computer will be connected to the internet slower then with out.

You still need the DSL. Wireless just lets you connect to your router wirelesses, which is then wired to your DSL model (or cable modem or FIOS or whatever).

The exception is if you go with 3G (or 4G) wireless, like what you see on a cell phone. This tends to have data caps, can be slower, and may be expensive depending. But it's nice in that you can take your laptop anywhere and still get network service. Thing is, you need separate service for every device! And some devices may not support such an adapter.

The cheap wifi-G router would do fine. N is only useful for moving large amounts of data between computers on that network. Currently there isn't any internet speed that can go faster than G. Even B would not make any noticeable difference when using the internet. I'm not sure what you mean by being disconnected being a problem. If you are disconnected there is no internet.

sure you're going to want a wi-fi pci card or a usb wi-fi card. i have no idea of any onboard wi-fi motherboard for a laptop there's a hyperlink to my internet web page in my profile