Considering going wireless, lots of questions
Currently I have a desktop PC attached to a regular hardline cable modem. The cable comes into the house and is a single socket.
I'm considering making it possible to connect lot's of different items to this connection, standard computer, webcam (watching new pet at home for a little while until it settles in), HD DVD player and allowing guests to use their laptops.
Now what do I need to do?
-Can I just buy something that connects to my cable modem?
-Do I need to replace the cable modem with a wireless modem?
-What pieces of equipment do I need, I hear of routers and hubs?
-Is a wireless connection as fast as my hard connection?
-Are they reliable, or will I have to keep resetting it (saw a couple of threads about this)?
-Are they easy to secure effectively?
-If it's not secure does this provide a route into my home computer if someone is sitting outside or at worst can they only use it to get an internet connection?
-Can you tell if someone is using it beside yourself?
I've no real experience of wireless things and any help at all is appreciated, I do expect to talk to someone in the know, but I need to know things before I can trust that I'm not be led astray.
Thanks in advance.