| Running cables is no fun at all. Luckily, in this day | | | | make your desktops wireless. You can either buy |
| and age, you don't have to deal with wired | | | | PCI wireless cards or USB wireless cards. The |
| Internet if you don't want to. You can buy a | | | | USB wireless cards are easy to set up. You can |
| wireless router and wireless cards for all your | | | | even buy one card, and use it in multiple |
| computers. | | | | computers. This might be a way to control your |
| Most of your laptops will already have wireless | | | | children's Internet use. |
| cards built in. If they don't, you can add one. You | | | | If you want a permanent connection to the |
| can also take the laptop over to the router and | | | | Internet, you should install a PCI card. This is a |
| connect to the Internet there. | | | | card that goes right inside the computer. If you're |
| If you want to add one, find out which types of | | | | not comfortable installing cards, then you'll have to |
| wireless cards you can use. If you have a | | | | get someone else to do it. I'm sure a neighbor |
| PCMCIA or Expresscard slot, you should consider | | | | can do it. If there's no one else, you can bring it |
| one of these, since the cards don't stick out of | | | | to a computer store, but they will probably |
| the body of the laptop. They slide inside it. This | | | | charge you to put the card in and set it up. |
| means there's less to catch on something when | | | | After you have installed wireless cards in all your |
| you're walking around with the laptop. | | | | computers (laptops and desktops) you'll be able to |
| Check your manual to see if you have one of | | | | surf the Web wirelessly from anywhere in the |
| these ports. You can also bring the laptop to a | | | | house. This is a much easier way to give the |
| decent computer store. The employee there will | | | | people in your house access to the Internet. |
| be able to tell you which type of ports you have. | | | | Cables are the past. Wireless is the future! |
| After all your laptops are wireless, you'll want to | | | | |