Wireless Networking: Signal Behavior by Eric Meyer
When a wireless signal hits an object it dosen’t just stop or bounce straight back it could turn, bend, breakup, slow down, or even turn a corner. If you don’t take into account these possible senerios your wireless network could have large big issues that could plague your network. ... ReFraction : Refraction is the bending of your wireless signal as it goes through a medium of higher density than its origin. ... Scattering : Scattering will take place when a wireless signal hits an object that has many irregular angels causing the signal to shoot off into many directions.

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...

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.

CWNP - A Vendor-Independent Certification Path by Mohammed Alani
Planet3 Wireless is a creator and provider of IT training, courseware, and certification exams for wireless LAN technologies in the computer networking industry. Planet3 employs contract Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from around the world to create and validate the content that is used to train... The CWSP® (Certified Wireless Security Professional) certification will advance your career by ensuring you have the skills to successfully secure wireless networks from hackers.CWSP is an advanced level wireless LAN certification for the CWNP Program.

Wireless Network Encryption Standards by Eric Meyer
WEP – Is the first and lowest standard for wireless security. You will hear security experts say that WEP can be cracked in 5 minutes; this is true, only once you have sniffed enough network traffic for weak IV’s. Collecting enough wireless traffic will take at least a couple hours under... Remember you will have to monitor your wireless network because you might have more dropped packets with AES if your firmware is not up to date on your access point or wireless adapter. ... Some wireless adapters may not support AES encryption so you need to take that into account when planning...

Peer 2 Peer Networks & Your Businesses Risks by Brian Wilson
As most of us had heard of p2p networks and services like Kazza and limewire what we don’t think about is that businesses are responsible for the activities on there networks. When an employee, vendor, or customer is on your businesses network do you know what they are doing? ... For the rest of the business owners you might want to understand the risks of lax network security and the true cost you could pay. ... Impose network policies for all users and keep all you network protection software up to date (Anti-virus, Spyware, Ad blockers).

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. ... Though the pitfalls are many, the one that I will be focusing on in this article is that of setting up a secure wireless network for your home based business.

Wireless at the Workplace by Jonathan Coupal
Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, is a term promulgated by the non-profit Wireless Fidelity Alliance organization to designate products adhering to the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs. A Wi-Fi network broadcasts a radio signal, operating in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands, with a data... Conclusion: With the host of wireless security technologies now available, there is a security solution available for nearly every wireless network. ... Securing the Network: Securing the network is particularly important given the significant vulnerability of wireless networks.

Benefits of Wireless Routers by Michael Sterios
As download speeds continue to increase a greater number of broadband users are downloading heavy content items such as entire films. This is because the time it takes to complete such tasks are shortened. It is also the case that several computers sharing the same broadband connection may... Routers have built-in security features such as firewalls and the ability to protect your wireless network by making it accessible through a password. ... Routers usually come with several sockets for Ethernet cables which can be connected to your devices’ wireless network cards, should the need arise.

Tips for Securing Your Home Wifi Network by Jim Faller
As consumers upgrade their computers and laptops and are discovering the convenience of wireless computing, they may also be opening themselves up to attacks from random hackers. If you have a home network and it has wireless capabilities one of the most important things you can do to protect... You may think you are doing a good thing leaving your wireless network open for your neighbors to use, but you may also be allowing people to use your network to download pirated music or movies (which you will be responsible for), send unsolicited commercial email (aka spam) or launch viruses.