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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 8/31/2004, you wrote:
> I have another question regarding wireless connection.  We want to have 
> the new addition (and the old house) wireless ready so I can use my 
> laptop, when I begin working and checking email from home.  Neither my 
> husband nor myself fully understand what going wireless entails, can 
> someone please explain it--along with the options?  Our electrician had 
> not yet encountered wireless, we thought he'd have the answers.  Thanks.

You need a wireless router wherever the wired signal makes it into the 
house.  From there, there are no wires to run at all.  Wireless makes more 
sense for lap tops and the like or for older construction where running 
network is a problems.  For new construction I would run network cable all 
over the place along with phone, cable, and audio.  Wires are cheap to add 
now.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com