Networking Structures Explained by Lee Asher
What happens to many people is that they're just about to purchase some wireless equipment, and then they have a sudden realisation -- they have no idea how their network layout is going to work with a wireless connection. Well, there are a few things you need to think about when you decide how... If you have wireless access at your office, the chances are it is provided as a wireless access point to the wired network, to let people bring in wireless devices and connect them to the office LAN. ... You can create ad-hoc wireless networks between any computers that have wireless equipment --...

Wireless Networks by Elizabeth Morgan
The information age has been revolutionized not just by the power of computers to process data, but also by the power of communication amongst computers. This communication is responsible for the proliferation of computer networks. Sharing of information, sharing of resources (both software and... Wireless networks can be broadly classified as fixed wireless systems and mobile wireless systems. ... Although wireless networking is of great use to the laptop users who move from one location to the other throughout the day, there are benefits for fixed users as well.

Wireless Networks: How Do They Work? by Ron King
Wireless networks use radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers. Here's how: The Binary Code: 1s and 0s It's well known that computers transmit information digitally, using binary code: ones and zeros. This translates well to radio waves, since those 1s and 0s can be... Wireless networking hardware and software handle all of this automatically, without need for user intervention. ... The key to wireless networking is how it gets around this problem. ... Industry Standards Wireless equipment from different manufacturers can work together to handle these complex...

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. ... Modern wireless home networking kits make this really easy. ... Some also bundle a wireless PC card for connecting laptops to the network, or a wireless USB adapter for connecting desktop PCs. ... Typically, these home networking kits come with a firewalled wireless router (e.g.

Wireless Computer Network Rentals: The New Technology Trend by John Beagle
Consider the convenience and added benefits of renting today's wireless technology. Wireless networks have a big advantage over wired networks, especially for short term projects where the internet and rental computers, printers and projectors are deployed. ... Rent Wireless Access Point (WAP) A wireless access point is a networking device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network. ... Here are some of the wireless products that are commonly rented for company projects: Wireless Router Rentals A wireless router is a networking device...

Networking Terms: Educating the Client 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... • 802.11b – most mature of the widely available wireless Ethernet standards that allows for data networking transmission at up to 11Mbps; ; also commonly referred to as a “WiFi”; operates in the 2.4Ghz range • 802.11g – newest in-progress wireless Ethernet standard that promises to allow for data...

Wired Network Working into Wireless Access Points by Tony Fitz
Let's dive into something a little more complex. What if you have a wired network already, and you're quite happy with the way it performs -- you see no point in dismantling it and making it wireless when it works fine as it is. You've got this laptop, though, that you'd really like to use... Partly Wireless If you've got a lot of computers (on an office network, for example) and you can't switch them all over to wireless networking at once, installing a wireless router is a good way of doing it bit-by-bit.

Wireless Networking Security: WPA to WPA2 by Eric Meyer
WPA upgrade to WPA2 TO upgrade your wireless network security to WPA2 follow these steps: 1. Upgrade your wireless router’s firmware to the latest firmware. Linksys and Dlink wireless routers manufactured in the last two years will have WPA2 compatiable firmware ababilable. ... Some wireless adapter will not let you use windows xp zero confifuration utility to run WPA2. ... After you install your new firmware and driver restart your wireless router and computer. ... Now go to your wireless routers web interface, proceed to the security tab and choose WPA2.

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. ... While we keep saying that the main advantage of wireless technology is that you don't have wires lying around everywhere, this is more true than ever when we are talking about wireless...

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... All I do is click on my wireless networking icon and select “view available wireless networks”. ... 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...