Wireless Networking
These days it's increasingly likely that there is more than one computer in your house, or that you are contemplating getting a new one and putting the old one in another room.   Whatever the case, rather than using awkward cabling, which ties all your computers down, the modern way to do it is to use wireless networking. This way, you can have any of your computers anywhere in the house or garden - unless you live in Buckingham Palace, where the bottom of the garden may be a little too ambitious!

When you use wireless networking, it does confer other advantages: using the ADSL2+ router we supply, the built in broadband modem means you can share an internet connection from anywhere in the house or garden; the router has a built in firewall and sits between the internet and your computer to help stop internet nasties get on to your system; you can use printers that aren't connected to your computer - or any computer, for that matter - and share files, even live video, from one computer to the other. Also, of course, unlike cabled networks, if you want to add another computer, you just plug a wireless adapter into it, and off you go! Note: to get the best out of the wireless systems, if you are using a Microsoft operating system, then it should be Windows XP Home / Professional / Vista.

Below you'll find networking setups that use Belkin products. We realise that in the fast moving world of wireless products that the options described below may not suit your needs for whatever reason. If that's the case, then you may want to use the following link to our Component Shop, where you'll find a large selection of networking products and other computer components.

Options
Please note that we usually specify Belkin products because of their industry-leading quality. They offer a lifetime guarantee on their products. Yes, that's right. If you have a Belkin product and it  ever breaks down, they'll replace it! Below are typical system setups. Prices are all inclusive. They cover supply, setup and training at your premises. No hidden extras!

PRE-N MIMO (High Speed)
For fast (up to 108Mb) access across larger than usual spaces, with a built-in broadband modem which is capable of all the current and predicted internet speeds for the near future, combined with a 4-port Ethernet switch, the Pre-N Mimo is the answer, and is best-of-breed.  This is the speed you will need if you are going to stream video around the house, or play multi-user games over the internet, or just to make the whole internet experience as good as it can possibly be. It also means that when you want to get files from other computers on the network, no matter how many you have, there won't be any waiting!

The most likely user requirement is for 2 desktop machines (PN2XD) or for 1 desktop and 1 laptop machine (PN1D1L) to be connected together. We can supply and install these options for the following prices:

F5D9630UK4A	F5D8000UK	F5D8010UK

         Code: PN2XD                                                                       Code:  PN1D1L

         1 x F5D9630UK4A Wireless ADSL2+ Router                    1 x F5D9630UK4A Wireless ADSL2+ Router

         1 x F5D8000UK Wireless Desktop Adapter                     1 x F5D8010UK Wireless Notebook Adapter

         Computer preparation                                               Computer preparation

         Installation, Setup and Training                                  Installation, Setup and Training

         Price: £310                                                                           Price:  £285

                  We can suppy and install extra adapters at £70 for the desktop and £65 for the notebook.

There is another option available, (PNMO), where your new laptop / notebook computer already has a wireless adapter built in, as a lot the new ones do these days. If it does, it is unlikely to be a Pre-N adapter, because, you guessed it, only the most expensive of them have them. This is where the Belkin Pre-N router wins again; with other brands, the whole network will slow down to the speed of the slowest component in it, which would be the one in your laptop. With this router, the system will still go flat out everywhere else, whilst remembering to slow down the conection that's talking to your laptop! 

           Code: PNMO

           1 x F5D9630UK4A Wireless ADSL2+ Router

         Computer preparation

         Installation, Setup and Training

         Price: £240

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Standard Speed
For more modest requirements of space or speed, and where an upgrade in the future, or the connection of more devices is not expected, we can supply a standard ADSL Wireless Router kit which includes the router and 1 wireless adapter so that 2 computers can be connected together. But please do remember that this option is already 'old hat' and the modem won't 'understand' the new, faster internet speeds that BT are providing soon, and it isn't as sophisticated as the Pre-N router above.

F5D9012UK

                                                                                        Code: SKIT

                                                                               1 x F5D9012UK Wireless ADSL Router Kit

                                                                                             Computer preparation

                                                                          Installation, Setup and Training

                                                                          Price: £190

 

                                                          We can supply and install extra adapters at £45 each

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