Wireless internet needed - how do i go about it?

i have a Intel Centrino Mobile Technology laptop that i would wireless
internet on. i have a desktop with cable broadband in the room above
and wondered what hardware i needed.

I have seen wireless access points and wireless routers. What's the
difference between these?

Secondly will i be able to access files on my desktop wirelessly using
a wireless access point or wireless router.

thanks in advance for any comments guys.

> I have seen wireless access points and wireless routers. What's the
> difference between these?

They are the same thing

> Secondly will i be able to access files on my desktop wirelessly using
> a wireless access point or wireless router.

Yes and printers as well.
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>i have a Intel Centrino Mobile Technology laptop that i would wireless
>internet on. i have a desktop with cable broadband in the room above
>and wondered what hardware i needed.

Unless you have a router already (you should have, it's a hardware
firewall), you'll need a wireless router.

>I have seen wireless access points and wireless routers. What's the
>difference between these?

A wireless router is a single box with a router and an AP in the same
box. For your situation, a Linksys WRT54G sounds like a good
solution.

>Secondly will i be able to access files on my desktop wirelessly using
>a wireless access point or wireless router.

Yes, if you have sharing turned on, (software) firewalls set
appropriately, etc.

"hackman_3vilGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I have seen wireless access points and wireless routers. What's the
>> difference between these?
>
>They are the same thing

No, they are not. A router provides internet sharing and firewall
protection services that an AP doesn't. Unless the OP already has a
wired router, they'll need a wireless router.

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>i have a Intel Centrino Mobile Technology laptop that i would wireless
> internet on. i have a desktop with cable broadband in the room above
> and wondered what hardware i needed.
>
> I have seen wireless access points and wireless routers. What's the
> difference between these?

I wireless NAT router AP or a wire router is about this.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

A standalone wireless AP is a bridging device for two networks the existing
wire network and the wireless network that the WAP provides. You plug the
WAP into the wire NAT router so that the wireless machines can use the wire
router as the gateway to access wire or wireless machines on the LAN and the
wireless machines can access the Internet via the wire router.

>
> Secondly will i be able to access files on my desktop wirelessly using
> a wireless access point or wireless router.

Of course, that's what it's all about. You configure the O/S on the machines
to share resources between them and a wire router with stand alone AP or a
wireless router with a built in WAP will provide the plumbing.

>
> thanks in advance for any comments guys.

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/wire...aa112203_2.htm

Duane

thanks guys, looks like a wireless router it is. i will get one
ordered from fleabay. thanks.