Understanding Your Wireless Router
You may have just bought your first computer home and are anxious to connect it to the internet and start browsing, or perhaps you just need to move your current computer. You can choose to extend the wires across your home, or you can buy a wireless router.
What is a wireless router? In short, it is a device that connects you to your modem-it will not connect you directly to the internet, so if you don’t currently have a modem you either need to buy a router/modem combination or buy the modem first.
It is the modem that connects to the internet, and in turn will pass information to your computer from the internet and vice versa. It normally does this through a wire that is plugged into a port in the back of your computer or internet. The wire has to be connected at all times for you to get a connection and so if you wish to move your computer or laptop, you need a longer wire. Read the rest of this entry →
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