-=PCTechTalk=- Christy home networking
- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:12:37 -0500
Hi Christy
Take a look here and read it.
http://www.linksys.com/edu/networkbasics/Linksys%20Networking%20Basics_files/frame.htm
It will give you an overview on networking and networking topology.
Keep in mine they are trying to sell you their products and I am not
advocating this particular product, just trying to give you some information
to read for knowledge.
Life is what happens in between plans.
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From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: internet sharing wired or wireless
> Thanks Bob,
>
> I want to go "wired". I dont know yet if I want to drill a hole in my
wall
> which is right next to the room my neice will be using her laptop in or
wire
> it down the hall into her room. I think when my sister comes to visit in
> May, she is an electrician I will let her do the wiring ;0. although it
> should not be hard other than the drilling part which I've not done much
> of..knowing me I will tear the whole wall apart lol...
>
> That is the only room in the house she will be using.
>
> christy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:58 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: internet sharing wired or wireless
>
>
> > Hi
> > For all practical purposes, in your case, laptops are no different then
> > desktop puters except they are easily movable.
> >
> > For your home network, you "First" need to decide if you want to go
> > wireless, wired, or a combo. If the laptop will be accessing the
Internet
> > from more than one place in the house, you may want to go wireless.
(Keep
> > in
> > mine, that walls and electrical wiring in the walls can affect the range
> > (distance) that the wireless computer can operate in) If the laptop will
> > be
> > used in one location, then wired may be what you want. Then you need to
> > ascertain how the path the wires will go from the router (which will be
> > close to the cable box) to the puters. Will they go through walls or
> > around
> > the walls?
> >
> > As far as your question about security using wireless, they have
security
> > measures built in on the puter and/or router that can be activated and
set
> > up to stop someone from using your wireless set up to access the
internet
> > and/or your.
> >
> >
> > Life is what happens in between plans.
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> > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
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> > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:18 AM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: internet sharing
> >
> >
> >> The only
> >> disadvantages I can think of is extra cost and extra security efforts
to
> >> avoid outsiders accessing your ISP through the wireless router.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks Tom so much for your wonderfully detailed description of how to
do
> >> this. When you speak to the disadvantages of security efforts, does
that
> >> make my computer less secure even though mine is not wireless? In
other
> >> words if we choose the wireless method you described will that make my
> >> computer more vunerable? Does it in effect make my computer wireless as
> > well
> >> as hers? I believe hers is wireless now and that she only plugs in her
> >> battery charger to recharge her battery. The NIC you are talking about
> >> is
> > a
> >> card that I must install inside the computer yes?
> >>
> >> I am not familiar much with laptops as of yet.
> >>
> >> christy
> >
> >
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