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I just recently installed wireless. There is a lot to learn and so many options that you get lost exploring them. The kid at the store recommended a combination wired/wireless router to replace my existing router. I took his advice and replaced my 8 port wired router with a 4 port wired/wireless combo. The only problem was that the wireless had to go where the previously installed wired router was which was not best for the wireless signal. Also - I went from 8 wired ports down to 4.
On further investigation I realized that I should have purchased a wireless access (WAP) gizmo. The kid steered me wrong - so I returned the WRT and purchased the WAP. That let me keep my 8 wired router and just add a wireless component with signal emanating from any location - just need to string a line from the wired router to wherever you want the WAP device.
Morale: don't trust the youngsters even though they act like the know what they are talking about. If you already have a wired router then don't overlook a WAP device - you don't have to replace your existing wired router. Oh - and then there is the security aspect ...
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I agree usually there is no point. However, my wife has acquired a hankering to sit on the deck with a laptop and IM our daughter and such. She wanted me to add more lines - the cost of the lines was almost as much as the cost of wireless.
Also - I was on call to work a couple of weekends ago and wireless let me bring my laptop wherever I needed to occasionally glance for messages. I am moving to a new job within my company and will be working from home more often. In fact it was assumed I would work from home - but I have access to an office and will use it as often as possible.
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When I initially set up the wireless I used no encryption just to make sure I could make everything work right. I then took my laptop around inside the house and then outdoors to see where the signal was strong and where it was weak. I did manage to walk to the street and get a weak signal - I confirmed put pulling up a web site from the street. After that I went back in the house and enabled encryption. Its a little more complex - and when my kids come home to visit I will have to enable their laptops with the encryption code. But I took good notes.
What made encryption more complex on my laptop is that I enabled it with Windows software. When I went to work I had to use my company's software to enable their wireless -which disabled my home wireless profile implemented through Windows. I had to re-enable my home wireless using the company software. Apparently you can only use a single software package to enable different/multiple wireless profiles.
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WAP is Wireless Access Point and it is just an antenna that you add to your existing router to add wireless. The other option is to replace your existing router with a combination 4 port wired/wireless router. The MAC address I also do not understand. I have just been learning over the past few weeks.
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Blueman, in our parts DSL is about $35/mo, cable high speed is about $50/mo. I have had both, cable is definitely faster. If your kids want to download music they will want cable. Wireless will be what you want - about $50 for a wireless router. If your computers are late models they will be wireless enabled. If they are old you will need to purchase wireless cards for them also.
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I wish I could get rid of ALL the computer and stereo wires in my house. Behind my TV is about 50 lines or so. Two TVs, cable box, 2 receivers, VHS, DVD, CD, security system, surge protectors, etc. And they all pretty much talk to each other. In my stairwell I rout all my computer wires so they are all tangled up with everything my wife hangs on the wall. And oh yeah, I have a tv out card in my computer so my computer screen can be viewed on the TV. The wire situation is pretty much out of control 
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Ken, the idea of constant strong wireless signal going through our bodies was mentioned in conversation between wife and me. At least the kids aren't here most of the time so they aren't exposed. But then I guess as I think of it the buildings I work in all have wireless. And my daughter and son are using it where they are. So David, I guess that is why we are all getting that greenish look in my house 
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