Wireless Networking

[mikeUK]

Hi,

just bought an apple ibook with "Airport" wireless networking and i want to be able to wirelessly share high speed broadband and files, printers and scanners that are connected to my desktop.

what equipment do i need?

just a combined 3 in 1 router/switch and access point and my laptop with its wireless card?

mike

[brad]

[mikeUK]

hi, thanks brad,

any suggestions on which one, where from etc?

I have found a Netgear MR814 Cable/DSL 2.4Ghz Wireless Router that sounds good, which is £55 on www.novatech.co.uk

any suggestions?

belkin?

mike

[Restek]

I don't have one myself and so can't give you any specific advice, but if I was buying one I'd want the following features:

WPA (wifi protected access - better security than WEP)
WEP (encrypts transmission - worth having, but can be cracked in ~30mins, therefore you're better off with WPA)
Mac address filtering
The ability to turn off SSID broadcasting
Stateful packet inspecting firewall.

[mikeUK]

ok, thanks

can you think of anyone that might know of something like that, and/or the best place to find one

mike