One of the fastest growing and most exciting technologies these days is devices that use some sort of wireless network.

Wireless networking involves a computer network that transmits data. It is commonly called WiFi.

If you hate having to turn on a modem every time you use another computer on your wireless network, get ready to be happy. There is a way to resolve this problem, and it's called a wireless router.

Although a wireless transmitter is limited in its range, wireless extension points can be installed to boost its signal and make the range of the network much larger.

Wireless networks work using radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers. That's the simple version. If you're curious to know what's going on in more detail, then it's all explained in this article.