whats the differance between windows wireless network and windows home networking?

Question

i have a wireless home network using windows home networking adhoc using wireless adapter! soon i am going to use a wireless hub router to connect to isp . do i use the create a wireless network setup as infrastructure instead for this or keep home networking....whats the differance here??

Answer 1

The difference between an ad hoc network and one with a router is that - one has a router. All the router does is control the communication between the PCs and the Internet. Since there is only one Internet connection and two or more PCs, the router keeps track of which PC is talking to the Internet and what they are saying so that the single connection can be used by both PC. The PCs still talk to each other the same as they did before the router is added.

When you get the router, you will need to connect to it once using a cable between it and one of your computers. Install the software that comes with the router on that computer, and it will set up a connection between the PC and the router. Once that has been extablished, you running the Wireless Network Wizard in the control panel on each PC and you are done.

Answer 2

Ad Hoc:
Means all computers are in a workgroup and can talk directly to each other without going through a centralised network point (Server, access point etc).

Infrastructure:
Basically this becomes your access point when you install a router. When you get your router you will have to connect in infrastructure mode as that is generally the only way routers work.

To configure your router (as the previous reply says) you will initially need to connect to it using an ethernet cable. Once you have setup the router you can remove the cable and use the wireless in Infrastructure mode. You must use Infrastructure mode because the router becomes your central access point and relays communications between all computers on your network and to the internet.

HTH

J