Wireless Networking Basics by Lana Hampton
Wireless networking is simple in theory: just install a wireless network adapter in each computer and forget about drilling holes and running cable. When you deal with equipment based on the 802.11b (or Wi-Fi) standard, unfortunately, the reality often falls short of claimed specifications. ... Though most manuals for networking products tell you to position the access point in the middle of the coverage area, it's often better to identify the locations where you expect to use a computer and put the access point where it will be in a direct line of sight (or close to it) to as many of...

Wireless Networking - Router Vs Access Point by Eric Meyer
While planning for your wireless network you might be asking what is the difference between a router and an access point. You need to think of a router as more of a server because it performs many functions like a server. An access point only provides a portal for wireless client to connect to... The role of an access point on a LAN is to give the wireless user a door way to enter. ... The access points do have most of the same security features as a router such as WEP, WPA, 8021x and TKPI but they will not have the traffic cop functions like a router.

Networking Structures Explained by Lee Asher
What happens to many people is that they're just about to purchase some wireless equipment, and then they have a sudden realisation -- they have no idea how their network layout is going to work with a wireless connection. Well, there are a few things you need to think about when you decide how... If you have wireless access at your office, the chances are it is provided as a wireless access point to the wired network, to let people bring in wireless devices and connect them to the office LAN. ... Internet Connecting Sharing, for example, is a software access point to the Internet, while a...

The Right-Click Trick by Scott Carey
Microsoft Windows employs an extremely helpful capability for finding out what actions are available at any point on the screen. This capability, which displays context-sensitive menus, is available by clicking on the right mouse button with the cursor at the desired point on the screen. ... Other operating systems may have their own methods of providing access to this capability. ... Accessing context-sensitive menus through the right mouse button can be a great time saver and provide access to options that you didn't even know existed.

Home Wireless Network Security Issues by Greg Lietz
Running a business from home has its advantages, including no commute, a more accommodating work schedule, fresh coffee and home-cooked meals at any time you want. But running a business from home using a home wireless local area network (WLAN) with your computer may lead to thievery of... Locate router/access points away from strangers so they cannot reset the router/access point to default settings. ... Update router/access point firmware when new versions become available. ... Change the default SSID on your router/access point to a hard to guess name.

Secure Remote Access by Josh Riverside
The advancement of information technology and wireless communication has made our life simpler by making information available even from distant sources at the click of a mouse. With Remote Access technology, a user can access a computer located in a remote distance by gaining full control of... The threat of information leakage and illegal access and control of a system makes it important to ensure measures for Secure Remote Access and integrity of data. ... There are several varieties of affordable VPN protocols-, PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling...

Mounting Wireless Antennas: How High and Why? by Eric Meyer
Most wireless antenna and wireless access point manufactures usually say the higher the better went mounting. This is true but you must take in account: coverage area, height of the building, type of antenna and weather. Wireless Antenna - First you need to decide what type of antenna you are... If you used 14dbi directional antenna the room closest to the wireless access point could end up being dead spots. ... That is really how you decide how to place your access points. ... One 8dbi directional antenna could have a signal pattern of 60 degrees horizontal and vertical and a 14dbi could...

Educators Guide to Planning a Wireless Network - Part 1 by Eric Meyer
WIRELESS NETWORKING FOR THE EDUCATOR - PART 1 "PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE" There are many things to think about when planning a wireless network for a school environment. Your wireless network must be secure, must be able to handle teachers and staff work loads, and... Providing wireless access for schools is one thing, providing secure wireless access in a school environment can be very difficult. ... Mission three , provide teachers and staff members wireless network access to move through out the schools with out having to reconfigure their laptop every time they...

Wireless Home Networking: 20 Things Not to Do When Setting up Your Wireless Network by Eric Meyer
1. Do not name your SSID your last name or first name 2. Do not have your pass phrase your last name of first name 3. Don’t leave your wireless channel at six, change it to 2 or 11 4. Don’t leave your wireless network open enable some sort of encryption 5. ... Don’t confuse an access point for a wireless router. ... Wireless routers act as a firewall, access points do not. ... 15. ... Don’t have your wireless antennas pointed in the wrong direction. ... Place it as high as possible to give you the best coverage.

Technical Support on Using Windows XP's System Restore Function by Patrick A. Wilson
Recently, Microsoft has launched their Windows XP suite together with a function that should have been integrated already in its predecessors. Now, both Home and Professional versions boasts of the System Restore feature, a technical support tool proven to be useful in altering or reversing the... If this is your first time to access the System Restore function of Windows XP, it is highly advisable for you to create a restore point when your computer is in A1 condition. ... This would take you to the confirmation window, which tells whether your System Restore point creation has been...