Cable will likely give you a faster throughput, but wireless will allow you
to use your laptop in several different places.
These sites will have all the information you need, assuming you're running
some flavor of Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechn
ol/winntas/tips/techrep/homenet1.asp
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/HomeNet-start.asp
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
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Need info on how to nework 2 computers together. A desktop and a laptop.
are their any advantages to going wireless over running cabel?

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