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Securing Your Wireless Home Network Through MAC Filtering

January 21st, 2010

One problem with wireless networks is that people who have wireless devices that are within the range of your network can access them. Even if you have set up a password for your wireless network, that password can also be hacked and access to your network can be gained. One way to further tighten up your network security is through MAC filtering.

MAC filtering is a network security procedure that only allows access to registered MAC addresses. A MAC address is the unique ID of a network device; no two computers or network device has the same. What this means is that only registered and authorized machines can access your wireless network. So even if they somehow managed to break or hack your password, they won’t still have access if their address is not registered. This is a very effective way to ensure the network security of your wireless home network.

What you need to do is enable the MAC filtering function of your wireless router or access points. Most routers at present have this function. Next, you need to input the MAC address of the computers in your home network. Getting the MAC address is different from one operating system to another, but this should be found in the properties of the network device. Check your computer’s manual or technical support for the procedure on getting the MAC address.

So, if you’re very particular about the network security of your wireless network, then one thing you can do is to enable MAC filtering in your network.

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Learn How To Connect Two Computers To Broadband

January 4th, 2010

Millions of people have to are more computers at home with one of them connected to a broadbank service.Why notsetup broadbank to run on both or all computers in your home or business.

The hard part is setting up security, if you’re using wireless,and you will want to have good security. Other than this, it’s pretty straightforward to setup your broadbank to run on multiple computers.

There are four ways to or methods to setup your broadband Ethernet which uses Cat 5 cables HomePlug which works through the electrical outlets,see pictures of these components by visiting http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com/photos.html

HomePNA,through telephone outlets Wi-Fi which uses wireless NIC Card,wireless. Several companies make good networking equipment such D-Link, Belkin and Linksys. You can learn about the equipment through the Internet and they all guarantee thier products.

Be certain to carefully remove each product from its box and place the box in a safe place.This way you can use the box to return a product should it be damaged or defective.

Basic kits for networking your computers will have instructions and software for the network as seen as two NICs.Better known as Network Interface Cards,these NICs are installed in empty slots in the system unit.

The PCI slot is where the card is installed and there are the USB adapters as well.The network will need cabling to connect the computers and the CAT 5 or Category 5 cable is the one to look for.

You will need a Wireless Router to connect each PC to the network.Wireless NIC Cards must be installed in each computer in the network.When you purchase your wireless kit,take note of the indoor range.

As you can see when looking at the wireless Router,you have the option to wire your computers together should something go wrong with any wireless component.Take note of the difference between the wired nic and the wireless nic cards.

The PC networking companies offer configurators on most Web sites. You can use them to figure out exactly what equipment you need. To learn more,take the time to visit the website below which have are the configurators.

http://web.belkin.com/config/network2/index0.asp http://www.dlink.com/configurator_v2.0/index.asp?vendorID=dlink http://www.linksys.com/configurator/

Websites such as Belkin go one step further by offering tutorials to assist your effect to networking. Wireless networks have serious security issues however.This is because radio waves are used in wireless networks.

Without security such as a good firewall,anyone can get onto your network and cause mischief. Want to see how some of their tutorials help you with connecting and setting up your wireless network?

Visit these sites to take a look at tutorials to assist you. http://www.linksys.com/edu/ http://www.belkin.com/networking/net_basic/net_basic1.html You should also contact some of these sites to learn more about how to secure your wireless broadband.

You’ll want to keep out hackers andintruders from getting onto your network and stealing your important data.




By: Otis Cooper

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Home Networking Secrets – How To Do It the Easy Way

December 30th, 2009

Today’s secret: Why big stores love home networks.

More and more of us are adding devices to our home networks – an extra PC for the kids, Xbox or Wii, a media sever to store all our music and photos.  The ability to share music, photos and videos across all the PCs in your house has never been easier.

Yet with all this growth, a recent survey conducted by ABI Research showed one in three consumers reported difficulty in setting up and maintaining their home network.  25% of all wireless devices are returned to the store simply because it was too hard to setup and not a defective product. This notion is further enforced by Best Buy’s Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens who acknowledged that the complexity of installing a wireless network is evidenced by the fact that return rates on wireless networking devices drop to nearly zero when his installers do it. Really there are a lot of great network products out there, but unfortunately they do not always do a good job of explaining very simple to set up.

This is one of the reasons that big stores love home networks, it seems complex and hard to set up. Its easy to get frustrated with it. So if you return a wireless router to the store how hard do they have to sell you on letting them ease your frustrations by having them install it for you.

Another reason they love home networks is the time it can take to set up a network.  Usually there’s software to install, the PC will need a reboot, add security passwords and need another reboot and we all know how long that can take.  So if you have two PCs on your network the time needed is doubled, want to add a printer you can all use, time doubles again as more software is added to each pc and yet more reboots.

Final reason is maintenance.  Want to add a new pc or printer they will gladly come out and spend more time adding the new device.  If the network stops working do you know where to start troubleshooting?

Truth is home and small business networking is not that difficult if you have some technical knowledge. Setting up times and maintenance can be greatly reduced with the right software. With great software you do not even need the technical knowledge to get a multi-device network running.

Whenever I go to someones home to set up a network I show them them Network Magic. This software is by Cisco, one of the leading companies in business high tech networking. I explain how by using this software their network can be set up quicker, be more secure and easier to maintain. » Read more: Home Networking Secrets – How To Do It the Easy Way

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