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First, make sure everything you buy conforms to the dominant wireless standard, known as 802.11b, or Wi-Fi (short for wireless fidelity). That way, if you want to mix brands or network a Mac to a Windows PC, everything will still work together...
...heart of your network will be a wireless access point and cable/DSL router, preferably one device that does both. These two-in-one units, sometimes called wireless gateways, start at $150 and often throw in a few Ethernet ports too, so you can connect a printer or desktop PC using a standard Ethernet cable. I had a smooth experience with the Linksys Etherfast Wireless AP+Cable/DSL Router ($169). Similar products are made by D-link, Intel, NetGear, Siemens, SMC and 2Wire...
...currency) and joining with other players to form guilds. It is that last part that's key. For EverQuest addiction is, at heart, a pleasantly social disease. "It's what players bring to the game that makes it what it is," says Will Wright, creator of the best-selling PC game The Sims, who plays EverQuest with his 15-year-old daughter and is hard at work on his own extensive multiplayer game...
LOOK, MA, NO WIRES! Amazing Technology BlueGear networking kits ($129) offer one of the simplest ways to share files, peripherals and Internet access among several home PCs. Plug one into a PC's USB port, and it can wirelessly relay files to as many as eight Bluetooth-enabled devices. It's not the fastest wireless option, but it's the easiest on the wallet...
...else?--your cell phone. Attach the Sony Ericsson T68i phone ($300 to $400, available this summer) to a special snap-on camera module, and it can click and store up to 200 digital images. You can even beam pictures to other T68i phones or e-mail them to a PC. With so much to look at, who has time to talk...