Your home, unwired

More and more gadgets are letting us cut the cord. From home theaters and headphones to routers and radios, wireless tech simplifies all kinds of connections. This month's feature tackles the wonder of wireless, looking at how far off we are from a fully wireless home, along with a gaggle of gadgets that can ready your home for the wireless way, starting today.

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Insider Secret: Secure your Wi-Fi network

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Keep your network free of laptop-toting freeloaders. Randall Bennett takes you through securing your Wi-Fi network using encryption. Watch video

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Top Wi-Fi home entertainment

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Who needs an Ethernet cable when some of the latest and greatest devices now offer Wi-Fi support? Whether it's a gaming console or your personal music hub, we've narrowed down a list of top Wi-Fi entertainment products for your home. View roundup

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Best wireless headphones

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If you're like us, you hate the clutter that can develop with wired accessories such as headphones, especially when it's a 20-foot wire stretched across an entire room. Thankfully, the days of accident-inducing wires are numbered with the introduction of quality wireless headphone units. View slide show

Hot wireless discussions now on CNET

Latest discussions

Which wireless router/equipment is right for me?

by techieguy123 - 12/24/09

Don't want to XP to remember wireless network key

by California88 - 12/23/09

Best Router for a mixed operating system environment?

by vacationbound9 - 12/23/09

ReadyNAS Duo Backup Button Problem

by Mike7p - 12/23/09

Help witha new network printer

by siva66 - 12/23/09

Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help!

by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 08/28/09

Poll: How safe is your home wireless network?

by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 09/04/09

this is weird?i cant but then i can connect to the internet?

by shclarkson - 10/16/09

Wired/wireless networking and printers

by si - 03/07/09

Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission

by Recoloniser - 06/02/09

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