You can't wander terribly far from a network access point without losing your connection.

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Requires network connection or access point behind the TV.

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It can be used either as a wireless router to create an 802.11n Wi-Fi network anywhere one is needed, or as an access point (AP) to add Wi-Fi to an existing wired network.

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Netgear WGXB102We haven't met many people using powerline networking (anyone out there taken the plunge?), but Netgear just introduced the WGXB102, an 802.11g wireless access point that connects to a home network using the HomePlug powerline networking standard.

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When the laptop was moved into the mirrored, chrome-filled bathroom, two rooms away from the access point, the stream from the Netgear network card broke easily, while the Belkin Wi-Fi system kept playing.

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To resolve this, researchers were focusing on developing a vascular system in which liquid could be circulated in a network of hollow fibers within the material, which would allow the healing agent to be restocked through an access point.

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