Home Networking - Where to Begin and Different Approaches by Lewis Gunter
Wired This is the grandfather of networking, the bread and butter combo, the standard. Setting up a wired network is not very difficult, can be done inexpensively, and doesn’t require much prior networking experience. What you’ll need For internet sharing, you will need a Cable/DSL router. ... Then, for each computer you want to network with, you will need a wireless access point which can be in the form of a PCI card (for your desktop PC), a PCMCIA card (for a laptop), or even a USB dongle (for desktop or laptop).

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.

Why Would You Want To Buy a New Laptop or Notebook Computer? by Bonnie Archer
Maybe you say your laptop works fine when it comes to word processing and internet e-mail. But, wouldn't it be fun to expand your notebook computer and be able to create your own music CDs, home movie DVDs, maybe some digital photography, or even some serious gaming! ... Network Interface Card: Most new laptops include integrated network interface cards. ... So with these new notebook computer interface cards you won't have to buy or install a separate card. ... These give you a direct network connection and let you get connected to the latest modems like high speed DSL and cable modems...

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. ... Wireless Networking I think the biggest advantage of wireless technology has to be Wireless Networking. ... 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...

Is Your Laptop or Home Computer Wireless Enabled? by Kevin Erickson
Built in wireless capabilities are becoming almost standard equipment on most laptop and home computers these days for a couple of reasons. One of the primary reasons is cost. Adding wireless capacity is so inexpensive that it would be silly for the manufacturers not to add it. ... Take a look under Network adapters and ignore anything that says 10/100 or Ethernet because they are simply normal network connections -- not wireless ones. ... However, it's clearly better to find out your computers wireless capacity now -- before you go out and buy some wireless equipment and then realize that...

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...

WinXP Routing - Staying Online During Hurricane Wilma by Darren Miller
Hurricane Wilma Put Me Out Of Business For A While ----------------------------------------------- WinXP Routing - My consulting services business is heavily dependent on Internet access. Without it, I am pretty much dead in the water. Since I cannot afford an enterprise satellite backup... When the system reboots, it will be able to route traffic between your internal network and the Internet (Your Wireless card). ... The internal network card, the real Ethernet port integrated into my laptop, was assigned an address such as 192.168.0.254/24 (to be my default gateway for all my...

Getting The Most Out Of Your Laptop Battery by Michelle Robbins
One of the most common complaints by laptop users, how to get longer usage time. We've all been there, ready to take advantage of our mobile status, get some work done on the train or on the plane, batteries all charged are ready to go, when 45 minutes into your project, the first signs that the... Turn off wireless network card - the wireless network card puts a drain on your battery, so a few not going to be using it, disable it. ... If you have a wireless card, you can just remove it. ... In windows XP, you can do this by going of the control panel, category view, network and Internet...

Get Connected To Wi-Fi by Robert Thatcher
Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity refers to a set of wireless networking technologies more specifically referred to as any type of 802.11 network, 802.11b and 802.11a, dual band. The word Wi-Fi was built by an organization called the Wi-Fi Alliance. ... The moment a device receives signal within the range of a Wi-Fi network, an Internet connection is produced without a chord and with the use of a Wi-Fi card that reads the signal. ... Wireless Fidelity is an appearing technology that will probably be as common as electric outlets and phone lines in a few years.

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. ... Older WAPs and less savvy network administrators will employ this method for protecting a wireless network. ... Many businesses have installed wireless access points (WAPs) in order to realize various benefits, but my experience has shown that relatively few organizations understand the importance of...