Wi-Fi Product Makers Moving More Music -- Literally.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)

Byline: MIKE ANGELL

So you've downloaded music from the Web onto your computer, burned a few CDs and even loaded your MP3 player with tunes. What's next in sharing digital music?

Try the short-range wireless networking standard known as Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi is known mostly as a way to provide wireless broadband Internet access to users in homes, certain retail sites or some airports. But Linksys and Netgear, two leading sellers of Wi-Fi gear, say entertainment will fuel the next wave of home Wi-Fi demand.

To that end, both now offer Wi-Fi music players. They don't actually play music per se but transport it from your PC to your stereo. You'd also …