Wireless networking

[Tomkun]

hi,

i am soon moving into a nice new apartment and rather than laying cable all over the place, i am interested in setting up a wireless network. there are a couple of things that i don't really understand.

at the moment, i have everything connected together with network cable. i had assumed that i could just replace the cables with wireless adapter or something at each end and it would work.

however, i have been looking on the net at wireless setup guides etc... and they all say i need a wireless router.

i don't have a router for my wired network, so do i really need one for a wireless network?

my current setup is like this:

adsl modem connected to a desktop pc with 2nics. the other nic is connected to a hub and my xbox and laptop go into that.

not being an expert on any of this, i could really use my advice! i want to replace as much of it as possible with wireless, without spendig a huge amount of money.

thanks in advance!

[blay]

well, this is what i run. 2 pc's, toshiba laptop (wireless) and xbox (wireless). i have a dgl-4300 router. both pc's are wired, while the laptop and xbox are wireless. to make the xbox wireless, i chose the dwl-g810. works great. now the router i chose is a little pricey to some, but hey, it's what i wanted. the dwl-g810 wasn't cheap either, but i'd rather spend the money then spend countless nights listening to my woman bitch about the 50ft. cat.5 cable strewn across the house. :) anyways, hope that gives you a little insight as to what type of setup to consider.

[Tomkun]

yeah, that's great thanks. but one more question... what is your router attached to? i am having a hard time getting my mind round all of this.

[blay]

modem to the router, then the router to your machines. the router then "routes" the traffic to everything behind it.