There is no reason here to go wireless.

However, you can certainly get a wireless router, use a hard line to the
router and be ready and rearing to go with wireless support for a future
expansion. Like a wireless adapter for a game console for online play. Or a
wireless media streamer for you home entertainment system. Or another laptop
or palmtop. The actual cost between a wireless router and wired only router
is negligible.

Of course you could buy one and find out that in 7 months some super crazy
new wireless standard makes yours look like tinker toys and here you sit
without one wireless device and a piece of soon to be obsolete hardware. To
make matters worse you turned the router off for a week while you were on
vacation and when you got back you had four angry notes from your neighbors
complaining about how they lost their internet access while you were out of
town because you shut down your "free" access point. And to make matters
even worse you got a horrible sunburn on the first day and had a terrible
time. But I may be reaching on that one.

I guess what I am saying is that only you can decide if it makes sense, and
be aware of potential security issues such as leachers or sniffers.

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and
those who don't.
"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:dp351t$5dq$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> BT Broadband 2MB
> Took advantage of a BT offer of a Voyager 2091 wireless router for a
> tenner.
> Also purchased a Belkin G wireless desktop PCI card (although not yet
> installed).
> Discarded my Speedtouch 330 modem and set up via an ethernet connection.
> No problem.
> Although I have no laptop or other device to wi-fi to, just my desktop, I
> thought I would go wireless anyway .
> However, reading various posts it appears that a lot of people regard
> going from ethernet to wireless (with just one PC) as a backward step.
> It appears that ethernet is more reliable and there could be signal
> problems with wireless (although my PC is right next to my router).
> 1. As my PC is six inches away from my router, should I try wireless
> anyway?
> 2. If not, is there a way to (temporarily) turn off the wireless
> capability
> of the router? Seems pointless otherwise.
> Thanks
>