Wireless Security Basics by Benjamin Hargis
Wireless networks using 802.11 have made it simple to connect multiple devices to your home network.This can also make your data availiable anywhere, even outside your home.To set this up all you need is a broadband connection connected to a wireless router or a WAP Wireless Access Point. ... Your home computers should have wireless access cards installed or if your using a laptop a PCMCIA wireless card. ... Diasble broadcasting so people cannot you your wireless network. ... WEP or Wireless Encryption Protocol is not secure, I have cracked my own network with a Linux machine running Kismet.

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! ... Wireless: Of course, the main reason people want a laptop computer is because they can pick up and go. ... So with these new notebook computer interface cards you won't have to buy or install a separate card. ... Notebook computer communication is also much easier with the new multimedia messaging and networking...

Wireless Adpaters: Installing, WPA2 and Advanced Features by Eric Meyer
You will never meet that 108mbps that most wireless routers are saying to have but to come close you will have to purchase a wireless adapter from the same manufacture. Installing your wireless adapter 1. Stick your adapter into your PCIMICA slot on your laptop. ... You should be on the general tab of the wireless adpaters properties and click on the configure button next to the name of the wireless adapter. ... I assume you know which network you want to connect to so lets go to the your wireless adapters properties by clicking twice on the wireless icon in the task bar and clicking...

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... On each computer having a wireless network card, network connection properties should be configured to allow connection to Access Point Networks Only. ... Deny connection to wireless network for unspecified MAC addresses.

Is Your Wireless Network Secure? by Jeremy Whittaker
Networking professionals are encouraging people to think twice about wireless network security. You might be thinking I use WEP-128 bit encryption with MAC address filtering, I’m safe. Or you may be you’ve never even heard of WEP, if this is the case you might want to unplug your wireless access... Just consider for a moment that a user in your organization fires up his wireless card. ... Unbeknownst to them they have just clicked on a fake honeypot wireless network, set up by a rogue hacker that before they can even realize their machine is already being scanned.

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. ... In a nutshell, it means that your laptop has wireless networking built right in and you don't have to do a thing. ... Intel Centrino Mobile Technology is a marketing name for a combination of the Intel Pentium M processor and Intel's' Pro Wireless card.

The Death Of Wardriving by Nathan Kartchner
Wardriving: Driving around looking for open wireless networks . (courtesy of WarDriving.com) The history of wardriving runs parallel to the adoption of WiFi technology. As big corporations installed wireless LANs, hackers would drive from place to place attempting to hack into the networks. ... Some companies have begun to manufacture routers that convert a cellular WAN signal into a standard 802.11 b/g signal, making the internet available to multiple people, not just the individual with the wireless internet card.

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...

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... 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 finding a spare slot for it to go into. ... This is as easy as just slotting the network card into the side of the laptop.

Installing a PCI Wireless Card by Lee Asher
Installing a PCI wireless card might seem like a bit of an adventure -- after all, you have to open the case, find where to put the thing, close it again... and then you have to deal with the software! Even if you've never opened your computer before, though, you shouldn't have too much trouble... Your PCI wireless card gives your computer a permanent wireless connection. ... You should also make sure that you point the wireless card's antenna upwards. ... When you reboot your machine Windows (or other OS) should find the card automatically, it will then prompt you for the driver disk/cd...