Wireless Home Networking - Index of

In This Chapter
Chapter 17
Ten FAQs about Wireless
Home Networks
� Choosing the right standard
� Considering draft versions of 802.11n
� Dealing with dead Internet connections
� Getting games going
� Enabling videoconferencing
� Keeping things secure
� Finding out about firmware
� Understanding NAT
� Finding your IP addresses
� Resetting when all else fails
Wireless networks are increasingly easy to set up, configure, and
connect to. But they are far from foolproof and dead simple. Despite
some great efforts by vendors and industry organizations to simplify the
wireless buying, installing, and using experience, things can get a bit
confusing, even to those in the know.
In this chapter, we look at ten issues we hear the most often when friends
and family ask us for help with getting started in the wireless LAN world.
We talked to our helpful friends at several of the most popular vendors of
wireless networking equipment and asked them what they hear (or what their
customer service reps, sales partners, and others close to real-life users
hear). Here’s what we have put together (we spend the rest of the chapter
answering these questions, by the way!):
� Which standard is right for me?
� Should I invest in 802.11g or draft 802.11n?