Ripped this from PCWorld.com
Interest in home networks, especially wireless setups, appears to be growing rapidly in the United States, but confusion over standards and a plethora of products may well leave consumers on the sidelines while they wait for clear winners to emerge.
Besides standard Ethernet networks, there are now three competing wireless standards as well as products that work over home wiring and home telephone wires.
Nevertheless, here at Comdex it is clear that manufacturers see home networking as a lucrative market among home users who want to marry PCs, notebooks, printers, stereos, and handheld devices and link them over a network.