Cut The Wires by John Geiger
How often do you see someone sitting in an airport lounge or coffee shop working on a laptop computer? Sure they could be playing solitaire, but the odds are increasing that they are corresponding via e-mail, sending a report back to the home office, or downloading a presentation for their next... A wireless card or “adapter” for your laptop computer(s). ... Typically, wireless network products are shipped with any imbedded security features turned off in order to make setup a snap. ... There are adjustments that can be made if problems arise such as selecting a different channel on your...

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? ... Your wireless router and network interface card (NIC) are the parts that actually talk to each other. ... After answering these questions, you can proceed to securing the wireless network itself. ... In a recent interview, attorney Joseph Burton, of Duane Morris Law Firm, said, “Is it possible a home owner can be liable for a...

Setting Up AirPort Express Base Station For Wireless Music Streaming by Carlos Cabezas
Here’s your problem. You have a ton of music on your computer. Your computer speakers sound ok but music from your Itunes software would sound a lot better playing through your nice home stereo in the other room. If you run a cord all that way from your computer to your home stereo your house... You now need to have Windows XP connect to this new wireless network connection that you created if it does not do so automatically (near the clock in lower right hand corner right click on your wireless network adapter icon, choose view available Wireless Networks, and join the new wireless...

Personal Wireless with Bluetooth by Karen Wilkinson
If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth is wireless USB. ... Using wireless networking with your personal gadgets is often called PAN, which stands for Personal Area Network.

Wireless Hotspot Security: A Hackers View by Eric Meyer
Hotspot hacking is more like fishing that anything else, it’s so easy you can just sit back and watch, read a book, or laugh at the traffic. Using a wireless hotspot is like using a party line phone with many conversations going on. If you want to keep you internet traffic to your self just make... Web traffic - Using a network sniffer a hacker can watch all the web pages being viewed at that hotspot. ... Think of unencrypted traffic like a post card, if you want to read it just turn it over. ... To see unencrypted traffic a hacker will use a network sniffer and watch the packets go by.

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. ... Right now somewhere out there, there is someone with a receiver waiting to pick up on an unsuspecting person’s wireless local area network. ... Here are some general guidelines to follow in setting up your wireless network. ... Though the pitfalls are many, the one that I will be focusing on in this article is that of...

Wireless is Great, but How Do You Make It SAFE? by Steve Freedman
It’s common nowadays to see people sitting in a park and computing, or at their local Starbucks, tapping away on their keyboards. At home, people are taking advantage of the freedom from cables and wires that a wireless network brings. But along with that freedom come dangers. ... All your wireless computers should use MAC Addressing MAC (Media Accessing Control NOT a MacIntosh computer) is an unique hardware address you should assign to your wireless computers so that your Wireless Access Point will only allow these specific computers to connect to your wireless network.

Personal Wireless Networking by Jason Keno
If you've got a wireless network for your computers already, well, you might get a bit excited about what I'm going to say next. How would you feel if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth is wireless USB. ... Using wireless networking with your personal gadgets is often called PAN, which stands for Personal Area Network.

Wireless Router & Security: A Step-by-Step Guide by Brian Medini
Setting up a wireless router is easy. Essentially you turn your cable or DSL modem off and your wireless router on. Then, you connect the router to the modem with a cable, and turn the modem back on. You are more or less done. The wireless network wizard on your computer will pick up the router... Since your wireless network is now invisible, you will have to configure your computers to connect to your wireless network using the new name. ... Therefore for example, if you run a business on your wireless network, have sensitive data on your computers such as credit card information, and...

The Wireless that Wi-Fi Promised by Jacob Loeb
I was thrilled when Apple announced its Airport Wi-Fi hardware. Like many others, I envisioned walking down the street with my iBook constantly connected to the Internet. We all soon found out how difficult that was, at least without buying a cup of coffee. ... Once installed, there will be a new network “location” which will let you switch to the Verizon EVDO network from your main home network. ... After you install the drivers and insert the card, you just need to activate your card and update PRL.