Wireless Home Networking – Choosing The Right One by Lynn Chan
Are you suffering from home wireless networking nightmare? There are so many options. 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g – what is all that? All you want is to get online on your notebook computer in your living room without tripping over wires. First thing you should know is, all of them will get you... However, 802.11g wireless home networking hardware still costs more to set up than 802.11a but considering the many plusses it has going for it, this is at time of writing the best choice for your wireless home networking setup.

Setting up a Network -- Wired or Wireless? by Deryck Richards
To Wire or Not to Wire Wireless networks are en vogue , but your installation won’t be successful unless you chose the right type of network and set it up properly. Wired networks require that each computer be connected via a wire to a central location, called a switch or hub. ... To install a wireless network, you need a Wireless Access Point and a wireless network card for each computer. ... To prevent this from happening, encrypt your wireless network connections, or set a password to access the network, or do both.

A Quick Guide to Wireless Networking by Gary Hendricks
1. Essential Equipment Right, let's move right along. The first thing to do in setting up a wireless home network is to get the correct equipment. These are the things you need: Wireless home networking kit This is your basic equipment for the network. ... Some also bundle a wireless PC card for connecting laptops to the network, or a wireless USB adapter for connecting desktop PCs. ... Encrypt Your Wireless Network Remember an intruder can easily gain access to an unencrypted network without too much trouble.

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... Here is a list of things that you should consider as a result of implementing a home wireless network setup used your business: Viruses could be loaded onto your laptop which could be transferred to the company's network when you go back to work.

How To Protect Your Home Network From Security Threats by Paul Wilcox
Technical computer jargon has become a part of our everyday lives and not only at work but at home as well. If you have setup your own computer network at home you probably know all about wireless cards, routers, and firewalls. Most computer components are easy to install and get set up, making... This is especially important if you have a wireless network since someone next door can potentially use your network to get onto the Internet. ... Wireless Networks If you have a wireless network, take security one step further and lock it down.

Wireless Network Setup by Walter Heron
The best thing about a wireless network is exactly that, its wireless! If you have a laptop or even a second desktop pc in the home, installing a wireless network is a great idea. How about checking your emails, chatting with online friends, doing some shopping or just surfing the net all from a... The router that you get with a wireless network kit is the backbone of the system and is basicly where all signals on the network are sent to and from. ... Every desktop pc you want to connect to the wireless network will need a wireless desktop adaptor, this is fitted by opening the case and...

Creating a Wireless Desktop by Stephen Orgill
We live in an age of technology and as such we are always looking for ways to make life easier or ways to make things look better. In the home or office (or even the home office) making things look better involves getting rid of clutter. This is where the wireless desktop comes into play. ... Security on Wireless networks is set by adding a name for your network which all computers on that network must be assigned to connect to, plus then you can add a password to keep unwanted intruders out from your files.

How to Secure Your Wireless Network by Debbie Jacobsen
If you use a wireless network, chances are good it is not secure. If you don’t make some important configuration changes on your wireless router after installing it, your wireless network is wide open to hackers, curious neighbors and people who would rather use your broadband internet service... In addition to securing your wireless network, there is one more thing you need to do to make sure your wireless network is safe: Install a personal firewall on each of the computers on your wireless network .

Sharing an Internet Connection over a Wi-Fi Network by Lee Asher
Once you've got your wireless network set up, I've no doubt that one of the first things you'll want to do with it is share an Internet connection -- after all, that's why most home users put in a wireless network to begin with. Well, the good news is that Windows has Internet Connection Sharing... From here, you can run the Network Setup Wizard by clicking 'Set up a home or small office network'. ... Run the Network Setup Wizard on each of these computers, but this time through choose 'This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a residential...

The Perils of Wireless Networking by Rick Parrott
In November 2003, Toronto police arrested a man in an upscale residential neighborhood. They noticed his car driving slowly the wrong way down a one-way street. Upon stopping the car, the police discovered the driver naked from the waist down. What was he doing? ... In a recent interview, attorney Joseph Burton, of Duane Morris Law Firm, said, “Is it possible a home owner can be liable for a lack of security on a wireless network? ... Your wireless router and network interface card (NIC) are the parts that actually talk to each other.