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  • How to Use a PDA With WiFi

    "WiFi" is a term used to describe a certified type of wireless Internet network. Many public places, such as coffee shops, libraries and even ,entire cities offer free WiFi Internet access to...

  • How to Boost Your WiFi Connection on the Go

    Wireless networking and public WiFi access has become an increasingly important part of computing in recent years. More and more businesses are offering free WiFi access to cater to the growing...

  • How to Get Free WiFi at Airports

    We have all become used to being connected at all times, so the hour you sit at the gate is lost time unless you can get online. Airports are beginning to provide more wifi hotspots, but you need...

  • How to Find a WiFi Connection for an iPod

    Not all iPods are capable of establishing a WiFi connection. Only the Apple iPod iTouch is WiFi capable. Finding a WiFi connection with the iPod iTouch or the iPhone is a simple process if a...

  • Boost Wireless Internet Reception

    Wireless Internet is a technology that is still barely out of infancy, and one area in which users constantly hope for improvement is signal strength. Even with a wireless network in your own...

  • 3G Speed Vs. WiFi

    Wireless Internet access generally is one of two types--WiFi or cellular, also known as 3G. WiFi and 3G Internet access generally are marketed to different types of customers. Understanding how...

  • What Is Bluetooth WiFi?

    Bluetooth is a specific type of wireless transmission that uses short-range radio signals to send information between digital devices. Since its development in the 1990s, Bluetooth has become...

  • How to Automatically Connect to your Wireless Network using Windows XP

    Usually when a mobile device equipped with wifi (such as a laptop) that has Microsoft Windows XP installed, the user will routinely connect the device to different wifi networks depending upon...

  • How to Get Free Wireless Connections

    WiFi hotspots are public locations--usually coffee shops, restaurants, hotels or libraries--with free wireless Internet access for customers. The hotspot has established an Internet connection and...

  • How to Setup Bluetooth On a Mac

    connect your laptop to phones, ipods, or other computers.

  • How to Create a Network Bridge

    If you want to relay internet from a laptop or other computer's wifi, to a second computer with out the ability to receive wifi, this guide is for you.

  • How to Automatically Connect to a Wireless Network in Windows Vista

    Usually when a mobile device equipped with wifi (such as a laptop) that has Microsoft Windows Vista installed, the user will routinely connect the device to different wifi networks depending...

  • How WiFi Hotspots Work

    WiFi hotspots refer to public locations, such as libraries, hotels, restaurants or coffee shops that offer free wireless Internet connection to its customers. The hotspot's server is already...

  • Connecting WiFi Antenna to Access Point

    In computing terms, an "Access Point" is a method in which a computer connects to a wireless network. Internet connections that a computer can connect to using a wireless networking card are...

  • How to Protect Wifi Signals at Home Using Paint

    Want to prevent people from identifying and listening in on your wifi connection? There are some new options coming soon to aid you in your computer security using different types of interior and...

  • How to Secure Your Wifi Network

    "Wifi" a term used for Wireless Networking is very easily broken into by hackers. Sometimes people do not place encryption security on their wifi network at home or work. This means...

  • How to Work Securely From A Public WiFi Internet Connection

    Wifi hotspots or wireless access points are a god send especially when you are away from home or outside the office and need a reliable high speed internet connection in a public location. As with...

  • Cellular Vs. Wireless

    In comparing mobile data plans, the two broadest categories are cellular (such as EV-DO or EDGE) and wireless, or WiFi. When comparing these services, look at availability, data rates, bit caps...

  • How Do WiFi Hotspots Work?

    WiFi hotspots aren't that different, in principal, to radio stations---both transmit information wirelessly using radio waves. To understand how this works requires a basic understanding of radio...

  • WiFi Antenna FAQ

    WiFi technology is considered to be one of the most successful technology standards ever devised. In less than a decade, WiFi has gone from complete obscurity to pervasive in many homes and...

  • How to add another computer to your wifi network using Network Magic

    You will learn how to add another computer to your wireless network using your copy of network magic.

  • How to Get Free or Cheap Internet Access at Home

    Many of us do not need lightning fast internet access, but we do like internet access for general browsing, checking email, keeping up with sites like face book, and paying bills. Internet...

  • How to Make WiFi Pigtails With RJ45 Connectors

    A WiFi pigtail is a short patch cord with a connector on each end. It's typically used to connect two WiFi devices that are located next to each other. An RJ45 connector is a specific type of...

  • How to Make a WiFi Signal Booster

    The use of wireless Internet has exponentially increased at home, work and in schools. As WiFi technology continues to gain in popularity, a common problem that arises is providing adequate...

  • How to Make My Laptop Computer WiFi Ready

    Wireless Internet (also called WiFi) is growing in popularity. Not only is it popular in homes, but it can be found in coffee shops, department stores and other places of business.You can take...

  • Different Internal Modems

    A modem is used to connect a computer to the Internet. There are internal and external modems. Internal modems are connected internally to the computer's motherboard and may not be removable. Two...

  • How to Configure a WiFi Adapter

    You can configure a WiFi Adapter to work with a pre-existing wireless network for Windows XP. The WiFi adapter allows a user to connect to an Internet netowork without the use of wires.

  • How to Use WIFI Hotspots with Security

    Wow Internet for free! Everyone's dream right? It is a nightmare if you don't take precautions and learn to secure your laptop. Identity Theft is on the rise and Using security with free public...

  • How to repair a WIFI connection on a MAC

    This sort of network issue is pretty common among Macs when they keep dropping its Airport (WIFI) connection or you experience a slow connection to the Internet , every single time you opened the...

  • How to Use a WiFi Signal

    The wonderful thing about WiFi is that it is accessible nearly anywhere from any device with a wireless adapter. The term WiFi stands for Wireless Fidelity and is used to denote compatibility...

  • How to Find WiFi Hotspots

    Wifi hotspots are areas that allow you to connect to a wifi connection to surf the internet. Wifi hotspots are common in larger cities but harder to find in smaller ones. Learn how to find wifi...

  • How to Increase Your Wireless WiFi connection

    Wireless internet, also known as Wifi, is one of the biggest internet connection trends now days. WiFi consists of an internet modem, wireless router and a PC card, which can be used anywhere...

  • How to Access Public WiFi

    Many cafes, restaurants and stores offer free public WiFi for customers. This allows you to browse the Internet on your computer, phone or other device with wireless capability while in the...

  • How to Locate Free Wi-fi Hot Spots

    Here are some places to locate free wifi hotspot if you are traveling, on the road and not at home.

  • What Is a Wireless Interface Card?

    The adoption of wireless technology in the desktop and notebook computer field has been amazing. Perhaps the best known of these technologies is WiFi, with WiMAX, Bluetooth, Verizon's EVDO and...

  • What Is a Wireless Print Server?

    Wireless print servers are a device that replaces the printer cable (used to connect the printer to the computer or the network switch/hub) with a wireless link. Using a wireless print server is a...

  • How Does Wireless Computer Technology Work?

    Wireless networks connect devices to the Internet using radio waves. These are the same radio waves that cell phones, radios, and televisions use, but wireless computer technology transmits at...

  • How to Setup WiFi on a Cell Phone

    Mobile phones are constantly improving. Cell phones can now double as computers and easily log on to the Internet. Hot spots are sprouting up everywhere, and mobile phones now come with wireless...

  • What Are WiFi Cards for Desktops?

    Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) cards are widely used in notebook computers due to their highly portable nature. However, an increasing number of computer users are adding WiFi capability to their...

  • How to Connect Your Old Computer to WiFi Internet

    Connecting an old computer to WiFi internet requires the use of an Ethernet cable or networking interface card. Hook up an old computer to the internet with tips from a computer specialist in this...

  • How to Connect WiFi to a USB

    Connecting a WiFi USB device to a computer or laptop that lacks a built-in wireless card will allow you to access a wireless network. Wireless networks can be used to access the Internet, share...

  • How WiFi Cards Work

    WiFi cards can be either Internet or external. Many laptops have "on board," or built-in, WiFi cards. Laptops that do not have these cards need to use external cards, which connect via USB ports...

  • How WiFi Works With a Desktop PC

    Although wireless networking (WiFi) is primarily used with mobile devices, such as laptop computers and cell phones, there are still a few ways in which a desktop PC can work with WiFi, as well....

  • How Wireless PDAs Work

    Personal digital assistants (or PDAs) are powerful and increasingly popular tools used by millions of people worldwide. Essentially a hand-held personal computer, they often double as a cell phone...

  • How to Set Up a Laptop for WiFi

    Go completely wireless! Learn how to setup your laptop for WiFi. Whether your laptop comes WiFi ready or not, I will help you set it up.

  • How Does Free Wi-Fi Work?

    A Free WiFi Network can work in several ways, one method is through an open unencrypted network, these networks are often found in large metropolitan areas, coffee shops and other places where...

  • Installing a Home WiFi Network

    The heart of a home WiFi network is a reliable wireless router. This piece of equipment is responsible for receiving radio signals from networked computers, translating those signals into Internet...

  • How to Connect to Wireless Internet On a Laptop

    You will learn how to find a signal in wifi to connect to the internet

  • How to Find a Wifi Hot Spot

    Looking for a WiFi hotspot huh? Pinpointing a wifi hotspot is pretty tough without special programs and tools, but, with a laptop, wifi card, decent battery, notepad, and a little imagination you...

  • How to Set Up WiFi Internet

    With the wide variety of wireless routers that are currently available, it has become very easy for anyone to setup WiFi Internet at home. The 802.11g wireless routers offer the best speed and...

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