PC, a modem and surfing software.

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Setting up a wireless network in the home requires at least two components: a wireless hub, which connects to the modem (DSL or cable) or server PC, and a client device such as a PC insert card, which connects to the hub.

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The problem for broadband users is that relatively few homes have the home network needed to connect both a PC and a handful of other devices to a single cable modem or digital subscriber line.

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Once we made the right connections--connecting the DSL modem to the router, then the router to the PC--we opened a Web address that brought up a configuration window in the PC's Web browser.

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Included: a palmtop computer (touted as the smallest Windows-based PC), a DVD player and a personal digital assistant that is phone, fax, modem, pager and electronic organizer all in one.

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