introduction
Welcome to Wireless-B
Thank you for purchasing the Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station. This chapter describes your wireless base station and explains wireless (radio) and wired (Ethernet) connections.
With your new wireless network, you can share an Internet connection, files, and printers. Besides adding computers to the network, you can add a variety of devices, provided each device has an available Ethernet port or a wireless adapter (that is compatible with 802.11b
For example, you can connect a game console (such as a Microsoft Xbox® video game system), a Pocket PC, a home security or automation device, a digital audio controller, or even some newer televisions to your network.
About Your Wireless Base Station
The wireless base station comes with other components to help you set up and connect your wireless network. The box contents are shown in the following illustration.
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The Microsoft Wireless Base Station is a multifunctional device:
OIt enables you to share your broadband Internet connection with all the computers on the network.
OIt helps provide a layer of security between your network and the Internet.
OIt enables wireless connectivity for computers within its range.
OIt helps provide security for your wireless transmissions.
Most people enable all of this functionality, as described in Chapter 2.
