I want to go wireless with my internet...can anyone explain wireless routers?

Too bad I don't live near by, I am well known for being a techno-geek. People that need things fixed or computers brought back to life come to me. It all stems from my playing with my brother's erector set when I was a kid!! He never played with it but I built tons of stuff and played with it nearly daily. I thought I would go on ebay for a router, but will check at Wal Mart. I have to buy a new phone because the one from ATT isn't answering the calls anymore. I want one with different ring tones as I am soooo tired of the ones that sound so frantic that are on the one I currently have. Plus I would like to get one that has extra handsets so that I don't have to carry around the one in the bedroom. BTW, did you read through your responses to the hard drive? Let me know through PM.

I am afraid if you lived near me, I'd bug you constantly to help with one problem or another..lol As for my hard drive post, nope, I just signed in and I came here first..:)

I'm not too sure if the raccoons are computer savvy, and my next door neighbor isn't in too often but I told him that he could catch my signal when he is here. I don't have to worry about truckers (of course you never know about those pesky raccoons...they do surprise you at times! ;-) I went satellite which would translate to DSL in town. It was fun being quizzed about the possibility of getting DSL out here- which might happen in a hundred years since we don't have too many people living out here and we live so far from the nearest town. Thank you for the information, going wireless is new to me, but I also want to be able to use my new Kindle Fire that Bill bought me for Christmas and by going wireless I can do that too. I will use a password to protect it though. My homeowner's association is considering going WiFi and I really don't want it to be through my unit...the neighbor will be the only one with the password. Thanks too for that thought.