How to Add a Computer to a Wireless Network

Series Summary

Computers are complex machines built upon very simple principles. They perform arithmetical operations millions of times over to transform digital information moving at lightning speed into usable human data. A personal computer's job is to help a user create, manipulate, deliver, receive or delete media content. This is a simple, sterile definition that sounds uninteresting on the surface. Nevertheless, these fundamental functions mimic human ability in some surprising ways. Therefore, the computer is increasingly becoming an engine of the imagination, a platform for the digital life. In this free video series on computers, learn about some of the software programs Mac's and PC's run from a computer specialist. First learn how to add a computer to a wireless network using a Mac and how to buy RAM for a laptop. Next, find out how to change a mouse cursor for a PC and choose DVD burning software. Finally, discover how to compress a file using Stuffit for a Mac, and convert a DivX format to a DVD format.

Video Transcript

"A lot of people have laptops these days, but unfortunately not all of them know how to use them. So today we're going to talk about that. My name is Mike, and we're going to explain wireless networking to you. Wireless networking is convenient if you're on the go a lot, if you're a student, or if you just want to use the internet while you're not at home. You can find wireless networking at schools, at coffee shops, at your house, at friends houses. The only thing you cannot do is use wireless network that you don't have access to. If it has a password and you maliciously gain access to it, it is illegal and you can be prosecuted. So today we're going to use a Mac book, and we're going to connect to an internet. We're going to turn on our airport card, which has a icon in the top right corner. Turn it on, choose the network you want to use, which hopefully is yours or you have access to it. I recommend putting a password on your networking, because people can gain access to your computer if you do not, and they can do malicious things to your files. It's connecting, we are online, we're going to check Safari to make sure it works. Google works, You Tube works, that's fine. Now for Windows it's a little bit different, but it's pretty much the exact same. Instead of being in the top right, it's in the bottom right. Rule of thumb, Windows, Mac are pretty much the same, top, bottom. You're going to turn it on the same way. If it doesn't show up, usually there's a function key you can use which has an airport card turned on with it. It would be function plus the key stroke that it is, and then you'd have access to the same thing. Just type the password in and you're connected. And that's how to use wireless networking."