Home Network Buyers Guide
The most versatile and tidiest type of home network is a wireless one. There are many advantages of a wireless home network as it allows you to move around the house with your laptop, it gives you the freedom to position computers and devices anywhere in the house and it means that you don't have the hassle, ugliness and trip hazards of cables running all over your home. Furthermore, many devices have built-in wireless functionality, such as the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Without a wireless home network you wouldn't be able to access the online games available for download or play games against people online.
Although wired Ethernet cables will never be beaten by wireless in terms of reliability and security, a modern wireless router can provide you with a good signal and protection. The latest wireless standard is 802.11n (also known as wireless-N). This provides the best range and speed currently available. It can also operate in the 5GHz frequency range, meaning it is much less vulnerable to interference and much less likely to interfere with other wireless devices, such as baby monitors. It is a relatively new standard, but it is bound to become the norm before long. It should also be backwards compatible with devices that use an older wireless standard. The 802.11g standard is currently the most widely used and if you are looking for a cheap and reliable wireless service then this will suit you fine. It is backward compatible both 802.11a and 802.11b devices, so you should always buy a 802.11g router and not be tempted by 802.11a/b routers.
Securing your wireless home network is strongly advised. You should ideally look for a router that has a firewall, MAC address filtering and WPA/WEP encryption. The firewall will usually run automatically and not require configuration. The MAC address filtering will require you to enter the MAC addresses of the devices you want to allow access to the router. This is a bit of work, but can be worth it as it prevents anybody else from accessing your home network. WPA encryption is superior to WEP encryption, so it is preferable. You simply have to input an encryption key into all the devices you want to access the network with. This is normally only required on the first use so it doesn't create much hassle.
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