Networking

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Easy: WirelessWired Network card

Wireless networking is the easiest way to network a building that does not have network capability built in. (The house is old, or the builder didn't have the foresight to network it). With wireless you don't have to punch holes in the wall, crawl the attic and pull cable or hire some one to do it. (you can have it done, the phone company that put in my DSL pulled two cables for free and charged $50 for each additional cable).

Lets assume you want to go fairly cheap, wireless. There are a couple of products that you can buy a workgroup hub and one or two network cards as a set, from the same manufacture, buying a set means the hub and network cards are designed to work together.

First lets talk about the hub. What kind is best? As with any product there are a plethora of deferent makes and types, depends on the application. Most home users would chose a wireless workgroup hub, you could use a wireless cable modem also. Lets go with the wireless workgroup hub. Most of the newer routers have a built in firewall (more on that in Routers) this gives you another layer of protection from the hackers and thieves. Most hubs will come with a setup program to configure the hub's security, connect channel, and connect speed. The main thing to consider here is how complex you make your security, the higher the complexity the less chance of someone hacking your signal. (DO remember to write down your password and name of your network!)

Once you have your hub setup you are ready to setup the misses computer. Some wireless network cards need to have the software/drivers installed before you install the card into the system. Read the directions. Now you need the password and network name that you setup the hub with. When you complete the setup, keep the password in a safe place, you will need it again, trust me on this one.

One last thing on networks, now that you are connected to the WWW please insure your computer is user and password protected. The more complex you make your user id and password the less chance of being hacked.



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