Start with your computers. Every PC, laptop and Apple computer in your house will need a wireless antenna, which comes in the form of a slim card, or adapter, that either slides into a slot or plugs ...

Joseph M. Grant, a lawyer in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake, had little trouble setting up a wireless computer network in his house, which has high ceilings and an open floor plan. "It took less ...

The reasons are easy to understand. Wireless network communication means your home-based customers can now have all their computers communicating with each other and the Internet without the need, ...

Most people use the word “Wi‑Fi” when they really mean “internet,” and that mix‑up quietly shapes how we shop for service, troubleshoot outages, and even argue with our providers. The real split is ...

Because this is a two-part article, we won't repeat the instructions on attaching a wireless router to your network. If you need help with that process, please refer ...

You don't have to buy a new computer to get Wi-Fi 7 speeds. There are external Wi-Fi dongles, such as the Asus RT-BE58 Go or Acer Wave D7, that you can plug into an available USB port to get Wi-Fi 7 ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

The current heavyweight in home networking, Wi-Fi (Wireless Ethernet based on IEEE 802.11), will remain so over the short-term because it has the right combination of rate, range and robustness for ...

I live in an apartment with two other people, and we want to network our computers together for the purpose of file sharing. We want the option of adding computers (notebooks) on the network ...

Motorola this week reiterated its support for the HomeRF wireless technology in its cable modems, giving the home networking standard a boost after Intel recently switched camps and backed a rival ...

Both sides are making progress in the march toward faster wireless networking. But there’s no telling yet who will triumph. So some of the consumer electronics manufacturers are supporting both camps.

Your home has one high-speed Internet connection and several computers, and you’d like them all to share that fat pipe. But a home network? You can’t bear the thought of drilling holes in your walls ...