Get Your Business Ahead By Spending Less - Buy Refurbished Laptops Instead by M Johnson
Is your competition shooting straight at you? Get ahead by updating old equipment and buy refurbished laptops. If your competitors are blazing their guns and aiming right at your business then you have two choices: 1)Fall down and die 2)Climb to the top where the bullets cannot hit you! ... DSL and cable internet is also possible. ... Simply uses a modem and you are off. ... You can connect to the internet using several methods. ... The other method is Wi Fi or wireless internet. ... Laptops, palm pilots, wireless internet, and these types of mobile equipment can help you get to the top...

What is a Firewall ? by Benjamin Hargis
Simply put it acts as a barrier between your computer and the internet. To protect you from crackers, hackers and malware. If your running DSL or a cable modem you should employ a firewall, as having a direct connection to the Internet can make you a target to attack. ... Proxy Service- Information from the Internet is grabbed by the firewall and delivered to the requesting service thru the proxy. ... From home users I like D-Link DI-604 this is a inexpensive firewall that works well. ... There are many software firewalls availiable such as Tiny Firewall...

Counter Strike, The Beginner of Broad Band PC Gaming by Fahad Ahmed
This is the world of 21st century, the century of technologies. Every thing is fast now a days and as far as the Computers and games are concerned, they are at the top of all. Every one these days like playing games and some of them love it. Well few years ago PC gaming was not so advance and... But today as compared to the past we have much greater availability and much greater broad band technology like DSL and Cable Modem as compare to normal dialup modem. ... The term of multiplayer gaming was that from now on if a person wants to play a certain game with any other person the he can...

Anti-Virus Software Maintenance Lesson by Michael Russell
Don't learn the hard way like I did. Anti-Virus software is important. If you surf the internet, this software keeps your computer alive. To keep the anti-virus software working effectively it must be updated every couple of days and letting it become out-dated may harm your computer. ... The software wouldn't recognize the cable modem. ... As long as you have a working internet connection for it to update virus files everything works fine. ... There was a time between jobs when I discontinued my internet service.

Do Computers Get Tired? by Bob Rankin
A Silver Bullet? Until recently, I would have dismissed the notion that electronic gunk can accumulate in a machine and cause it to act erratically. But a few months ago my high-speed Internet connection, which is normally rock solid, started getting flaky. ... I unplugged my cable modem, plugged it back in and voila... ... And since then I've repeated the procedure a few times with good results, whenever I noticed a slowdown in my Internet speed. ... Of course in the case of computers running complex operating system and application software, other factors may come into play.

Remote Software by Sezer Bozkurt
Remote access programs are useful and efficient in so many ways. The main focus of this technology is to basically make the office accessible from anywhere that has an internet connection. These days the line between work and home are being blurred with employees working over 50 hours a week in... File transfer utilities, such as LapLink for Windows 95, are inexpensive, easy-to-use packages that allow local or remote users to move files between PCs via a modem or cable. ... Remote-node systems contain file transfer utilities that allow you to transfer files directly to and from any...

Networking Basics by Kashif Raza
A network is a group of computers, printers, and other devices that are connected together with cables. The sharing of data and resources. Information travels over the cables, allowing network users to exchange documents & data with each other, print to the same printers, and generally share any... Internet The Internet is a system of linked networks that are worldwide in scope and facilitate data communication services such as remote login, file transfer, electronic mail, the World Wide Web and newsgroups.

Wireless Broadband Access - Making the Virtual Office Possible by Rick Parrott
Do you remember when home wireless networking burst into our lives? Suddenly we could work from any where in the house. Have you ever wanted to do the same when you are out on the road? With WiMax, now you can! WiMax is a wireless network access program that offers its subscribers citywide... That is slightly faster than many cable companies allow for their cable modems. ... All it needs is an active internet connection to work. ... Within this range, special cards based on the 802.16 wireless standards will allow mobile devices to surf the internet at high speed.

How to Connect to a Work Computer Remotely -- And for Free! by Paul McGillivary
One of the most requested items I hear from small business folks is accessing their work computer from a remote location. They don’t want to pay the fees of services like GoToMyPC, Timbuktu, etc. They want a reliable and cost effective method to get to their data remotely. ... Let me diagram a typical design for you: -->broadband internet line to office -->internet jack in office -->line from wall to dsl or cable modem -->line from modem to router-->lines to computers. ... The first step is to make sure your host (the office machine you will be connecting to) has a static ip (internet...

Networking Terms: Educating Your Clients by Joshua Feinberg
It is very important to educate your small business prospects and clients on key small business networking terms and buzzwords. After all, in order to "win them over", you need to be speaking the same language. In fact, you may even want to prepare a "cheat sheet", based on the below... • NIC (Network Interface Card) - a printed circuit board, adapter card or the underlying supporting chipset that snaps into the motherboard of a desktop PC, notebook or server and transmits and receives packets on a network; used to connect to networks including a local area network (LAN), wide area network...