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Many people are afraid to consider a wireless router because wireless routers are relatively new technology. But wireless routers can really simplify Internet access in your home, small business, or large company.

With a regular Windows Internet network you are easily able to access the Internet from any of your computers that are connected to the Network. Most small businesses are extremely happy with this type of set up. The problem that many businesses run into is that the modem has to be on before any of the other computers are able to get Internet.

For businesses that are use to turning off all their equipment in the evenings, remembering to turn the modem on in the mornings can become an ongoing issue.
Sometimes employees may even spend hours with technical support trying to figure out why their Internet is not working, when the problem is simply that the modem was never turned on. A wireless router can solve this dilemma very inexpensively.

With a wireless Internet router all your computers can have Internet accesses easily without worrying about the modem computer being turned on first. Plus employee laptops can easily access reports and other business material without first having to save information to a disk and transfer it to their office computer.

When looking for a wireless router you need to look for both price and quality. You definitely do not want to skimp on this piece of equipment. Look at the speed of the router as well as its range. You want to make sure that you choose a router that will be able to handle the Internet access for all your office computers, this means finding a router that has enough speed to comfortably keep all your employees connected to the Internet at the same time.

Residential customers and very small businesses are all finding the convenience of wireless Internet a great thing. The easy of use that a wireless router provides is perfect for almost any person or business. Plus you don’t have to be a technical genius to install a wireless router at home or in a business.

Most wireless routers simply get plugged into a hi-speed Internet line and you go through a basic step by step computer set up. Some computers don’t even need a set up process and they will automatically recognize the wireless router and connect to it.

After plugging in your wireless router you might need to have a brief conversation with your Internet provider to register your device and confirm your set up. But after that, you are really off and running. You can connect as many computers as you would like to your system and easily use laptops throughout the office. Plus you will no longer be wasting man hours trying to figure out why your Internet is not working, when the problems was simply that the main modem computer had not been turned on yet.

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Broadband, another name for high speed internet connection, is capable of transmitting data at a much faster rate than a standard dialup modem connection. It allows you to keep your phone lines free allowing you to make and receive calls while using the Internet. It works on the top of your phone line such as ADSL providing ten times faster data transfer than a dial-up connection. You can now download music, graphics and video quickly in no time at all. So if you are a dial-up user, looking for a faster connection, go for a broadband Internet connection.

Earlier with dial-up connections, people had no options but to bear with low speeds, breaking connections, time consuming downloads, and engaged phone lines, etc. But with the coming of broadband, there is a solution to all these problems. Although broadband is costlier than dial-ups, people are opting for it because they have realised the importance of broadband. After the broadband prices came down, its use in homes quickly surpassed dialups. The only change is the change in frequency and duration. Telephone calls can now be made on the Internet and cheap webcams can be used for video chatting. People can now send a quick email, read a quick news article, instantantly access pages on the Net, video on the Net, and even download a lot faster. They don’t have to wait anymore for several minutes to log on to a dial-up account. The wide bandwidth technology is transforming cable TV, internet and telephone connections round the globe. The number of internet service providers are also increasing with broadband making its way to more and more homes. With your broadband connection, you can reduce your expenses and enjoy added features that your conventional phone company could not provide to you at any price. Broadband was initially desired for surfing and downloading speed but today an ever increasing number of people are turning to VOIP( voice over internet protocol). VOIP is a great service and it cuts down the phone bills to nothing.

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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. Windows xp will automatically recognize the card and ask you for the driver. If you are skilled at installing drivers then I recommend finding the driver manually not by using the manufacturers’ software to install the driver.

If you use their disk installing program you will also install a bunch of other crap that you don’t need. It will install wireless scanning software and wireless monitors that will just bogg down your system.

2. Now that you have your driver installed you should be able to scan for wireless networks. In the bottom right hand taskbar you will see a computer symbol with radio waves coming out of it.
This is apart of Microsoft’s zero config wireless utility. This feature is good and bad because it will try to connect to any wireless network in range and once you have connected to that network once it’s available it will always try to connect.

This is bad because if you connect to a network called “Linksys” you will be connecting to a unsecured network because this is the default SSID of alll Linksys wireless routers.

Connecting to wireless networks can be dangerous because they could be a hackers rogue access point meant to collect password info on you.

3. 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 properties.

Click on the wireless networks tab and click add. Type in your SSID of you network. If this is your Home wireless network make sure you have changed your SSID to something obscure and change your wireless channel to something other than channel 6.

Next you need to choose the same type of encryption you have chosen for your wireless router or adater. Hopefully you have chosen WPA2-PSK with TKIP or AES encryption.

You might have to install the Microsoft update for WPA2 support for windows xp- click here

You will Know if you have to install the update because you will not see the option of WPA2.

Now enter you encryption key hit OK and you should be able to connect to your network.

Advance options

Go back to you wireless adapters properties and lets take a look at some advance options. Options will vary in name but not in general function.

1. 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.

2. Click on the advance tab, (warning some of these setting can cause you to drain your laptop battery a lot quicker but it will improve performance.

3. First change your channel to 11 or the same as your wireless network. The default channel for most wireless networks is 6.

4. You can change you MAC address if want

5. If you want to reduce your power output you can. This will most often be done for security reasons to maks client positions so hackers can’t attack them.

6. You will have some sort of powersave mode or performance standard to either save battery life or concentrate on the most performance

7. Roaming options of Maximizing Bandwidth or distance - If you are really close to an access point and are downloading music then you will want to maximize your band with. If you are not close to an access point then you will need to change it to distance.

These are just some of the advanced options for your wireless adapter. Many people don’t even know they are there.

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