For help setting up or troubleshooting your home network, try sites such as HomeNetHelp.com and Practically Networked. Both offer extensive how-to articles along with discussion forums and product information.
How secure is your new home network? ShieldsUp is a site that probes your system for vulnerabilities, providing detailed information about any weaknesses and what they mean. You can find similar security probes at Sygate Online Services and the Proxy Connection.
As usual, don't overlook Microsoft's Knowledge Base and other resources at support.microsoft.com. You'll find a wealth of information about Windows-specific networking issues there.
You don't have to look hard online to find good information about Internet security, either. For comprehensive coverage, try the CERT Coordination Center's Home Network Security overview. For a less technical overview, visit JiWire.
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What about the big picture?
Wireless is being touted by the Paul Buddes of Australia as being a niche only product/service. Consumers are being led to believe (by what they read) that fixed wire services will always remain supreme over wireless. Anyone with any foresight into the wireless industry will tell you that although this may be true in many instances it is certainly not true in all. Wireless will indeed provide access to delivery of a variety of services without the need for total incumbent infrastrure in areas where this infrastructure exists. The next 2-3 years will see some very exciting new developments in wireless technology and Australians should be made more aware as to the future underlying benefits so that they may prepare themselves now.