Setting Up and Securing Your Wireless Network by Herman T. Lee
There are more and more individuals opting to work from home than ever before. The advantages to this are many including avoiding the morning and evening rush hours, being able to spend time with your kids and significant other, and doing everything on your own time. ... Enable 128-bit Wired Equivalency Privacy (WEP) encryption on both your access point and network card. ... Setup your access point not to broadcast the SSID if available. ... Enable firewall on the network router/access point with demilitarized zone function disabled.

Discount Wireless Laptops by Jimmy Sturo
Being flexible in business is an essential factor these days. The wireless solution, a cost-effective and secure technology, allows for building mobility and versatility. Wireless technology is the same as the technology used in a mobile phone. It uses radio waves to carry data from one point to... Wireless LAN uses a radio communications device called an access point to connect to the network computers. ... Access points are small and lightweight, with an antenna attached to send data back and forth over the airwaves.

File And Data Sharing by Pinky Mcbanon
Networking your computers in your home or business serves its purpose to be productive and resource sharing is the ultimate goal. Sharing date files like spreadsheets, reports and documents is a powerful tool to make your home or business users be productive and efficient. ... Access all files right from your cubicle! ... Point the mouse on that file and click on SHARING AND SECURITY 3. ... How do you drag it?--- point the mouse on the that file or folder, RIGHT click and hold still the mouse and DRAG IT DOWN to Shared Documents folder then release the mouse!

Various Connection Strings to Connect to an Access DB by John Hutchison
If you want to call a database from within an asp page the that is to tell your asp page where your database is. Here are a few samples of database connection strings that could be used to help you connect to your database I have also indicated where the code starts and finishes. ... OLE DB Method for SQL 'code start 'code finish DSN-Less connection for Access 'code start 'code finish OLE DB Method for Access 'code start 'code finish File DSN Connection Method for Access 'code start 'code finish Don't forget when you download an application this info should be included.

WiMAx VS Wifi by Eric Meyer
WiMax (802.16) is is a newer standard of wireless networking designed to provide the last mile of high speed internet access to the end user. Some people would call Wimax WiFi on steroids but this would be to broad of an assessment. Wifi was and still will be used in LAN environments for... Unlike a Wifi clients who have to kind of fight to stay associated with a given access point; WiMax will only have to perform this hand shake at the MAC level the first time they access the network. ... Similar to a WiFi access point sending a signal to a laptop.

Wireless Networking and Security by Andrew Mapp
Although Wireless Networking has great benefits, which are undoubtedly, there are also some drawbacks, which should be considered. Drawbacks such as Electromagnetic interferences, a slower transfer speed then wired Networks and diverse security concerns. ... 2) Infrastructure Networks are distinguished by the use of an access point. ... Every communication in a Infrastructure Network goes over a access point. ... This means that while data is traveling from one point to the next over a radio wave frequency, it can easily be intercepted and viewed by an unknown third party.

Directory Assistance, Please? Directories in the Computer World by James Monahan
Directories, in computer science parlance, are the listings of files, documents, and other directories within a file system. Most people think of directories as electronic folders that contain various files. A directory is one of the first concepts anyone learning computers encounters aside from... With this tree hierarchy Windows and MacOS supports, one cannot just simply access a file from any point. ... For example, if the user is currently browing folder x, the only files he or she can access are the files listed in that folder.

Wireless Classrooms: Mobile Laptop Labs for Schools by Eric Meyer
Wireless networks in schools is not a new thing but it’s rare to see the wireless network used to it’s full potential. Technology with out wires gives the teacher the ability to bring the technology to the student instead of the whole class going to a computer lab. ... Access points and printers - If you school can not afford permanent wireless access points have a wireless access point mounted on the card and plug it into a network port when needed. ... Hard drive size should only be about 30gig because nobody is going to download music or large media files.

Wireless Network Trouble Shooting: Hidden Wireless Secrets Revealed by Eric Meyer
Do you always notice your wireless adapter is always dropping and reconnecting to your wireless network. If you don’t know what I mean just watch the balloon in the bottom right hand corner of you windows Xp task bar. Your wireless adapter should stay connected and that’s it if you are... Change your wireless adapters stickiness - In you wireless adapters advanced properties check to see that your your wireless adapters stickiness is set to medium - Stickiness means how aggressively your wireless router will jump from access point to access point in order to find the best signal.

Is Your Wireless Network Secure? by Travis Fisher
Organizations in our region have been steadily adopting wireless networking over the past few years, and many more businesses will take the leap to wireless over the course of 2006. By implementing a wireless network, your employees can do their job more efficiently and be more productive. ... Just compare the information present on the access point, its original box, or the manufacturer’s web site to learn what your WAP is capable of. ... If you are about to purchase a new access point, it should definitely support the WPA2 standard.