Lissa asked:


I currently have a wired router that I would like to upgrade to make it wireless. Currently I have my xbox 360, playstation 2, and my main desktop computer connected. I want to set up as wireless so that I can connect my laptop. Can I use a wire router AND a wireless router together or do I need to just convert everyting to wireless and if so what do I buy that would work?

Lauren B asked:


Wireless network setup wizard.
Enter a WEP key for your wireless network.

The WEP (or wired eqivilent privacy) key must meet one of the following guidelines:
- Exactly 5 or 13 characters
- Exactly 10 or 26 characters using 0 – 9 and A – F

A longer WEP key is more secure than a short one.

This is what comes up and i am unsure of how to find/get the network key.

Susan Friedman asked:


Over half of all Americans between the ages of 15-34 consider themselves active social network users. They regularly visit well-known social networking sites, such as MySpace or Facebook, or log onto specialty social networks, like Ravelry (devoted to the fiber arts) or GroupRecipes (for the foodie set). While industry research tells us that television watching is declining, especially among this age group, social network use is on the rise: average users spend seven to eight hours a week online.

This time spent on social networks clearly affects buying decisions. An estimated forty percent of all social networkers say they use social networking sites to learn more about brands or products they like, according to GreenBiz.com, with twenty-eight percent saying they’ve had a brand or product recommended to them by a friend.

The message is clear. Strategic use of social networking can help a company grow. It’s an effective use of target marketing, reaching out to one’s customers where they are.

However, in order to capitalize on social networking’s power, you have to do it right. Execution is everything. Make no mistake. Every time you log onto Facebook, MySpace, or other social networking platform, you’re representing your company in a very visible arena. The world is, quite literally, watching.

There are five common mistakes Nichepreneurs™ make when it comes to social networking. Here’s what they are — and more importantly, how to avoid them!

Mistake #1: Dismissing Social Networking as “Just a Fad”

Social networking may have emerged as a phenomenon only recently, but it is a manifestation of something as old as time — word of mouth! Customers value the opinions of colleagues, relatives, peers and friends above almost anything else. This has been true for generations. Social networking has merely expanded the definition of friend. Technology has made it easier to communicate with more people than ever before — a person could have hundreds of friends they’ve never once met in person. That’s a power and a privilege that no one is going to let just fade away.

Mistake #2: Mistaking Social Networking for Advertising

Social networking is a form of relationship marketing. It works best when you view it as an opportunity to build your brand, a prime platform to let your customer base know who you are and what you represent.

At the same time, you’ve got a fantastic chance to learn about your customers. If you actually stop and read what they post, you’ll learn a tremendous amount about who your customers are and what’s important to them. Where else do you get your customer’s pure, unvarnished opinions served up to you on a silver platter?

Don’t spoil this prime market research opportunity with unwelcome advertising. It’s fine to let people know you’re in business, but that can’t be the only thing you bring to the conversation.

Mistake #3: Failing to Connect Online Interaction with Real World Consequences

This mistake is often a generational problem. Nichepreneurs who grew up before the Internet was such an omnipresent force can have a hard time understanding how words on a computer screen can have real consequences on the every day course of business.

Compounding the problem is the fun, freewheeling atmosphere prevalent on many social networking platforms. It’s easy to forget the potential results when the commentary’s flying fast and furious. However, your words can come back and haunt you later. Remember — it all counts! The days where an organization can dismiss poor behavior with “It’s just the internet” are long gone!

Mistake #4: Using Sock Puppets

Sock puppets is the term applied to social networking accounts that are created with the intent of hiding the poster’s true identity. Individuals often create sock puppets in an effort to avoid the real life consequences discussed in mistake number three!

Sock puppets can be used to boost, support, or defend a company’s position. Conversely, they can be used to tear down, disparage, or make negative commentary about a competitor’s organization, products, or services.

Either way, it is a bad idea! Many denizens of social networks are incredibly tech-savvy, and it won’t take them long at all to discover who is really behind a string of negative or hostile commentary. Exposure can be a public relations nightmare.

Honesty is the best policy. Either be willing to own your commentary, by posting under your own identity, or don’t say them at all!

Mistake #5: Overestimating Social Networking’s Role

Social networking is powerful. It is influential. It is, in many cases, free to participate in. However, it is NOT the end all, be all solution to your marketing needs. While it is tempting to try to solve many of your marketing challenges with social networking, it is important to remember that social networking is a tool, not the only tool.

Use social networking efforts to augment your existing marketing efforts. There are small, start up companies that market themselves solely via social networking. However, this is a self-limiting strategy: even if you reach every single person on that network, you’re still missing out on a large number of potential customers who never log on.

Keep your perspective. Social networking might not eat into your budget, but it does take time. Realize that at best, social networking can significantly augment and enhance your marketing and promotional efforts — but it will never wholly replace it!

QuestionMan123 asked:


I am looking to better understand my target audience for two upcoming projects (one for a network architect and one for a network engineer). Any help to better understand the similarities and differences would be much appreciated.

Jon O asked:


What software is considered the best for total network performance monitoring. I am in search of a software that will monitor our switches, routers, firewalls, and the overall performance of our network. This is a network running Win 03 as the OS, and has around 60-80 servers. Any suggestions? What are the pros and cons of such software?

Russ asked:


I have an Apple Airport wireless network set up in my home. I’m planning on purchasing a Dell XPS 630 PC. To hook up the PC to the Airport network, I realize I need a network card. Also, is there any extra setup I should know about once I purchase a network card?

machina_artillery asked:


Currently the PC next to me has wireless and my mac has no wireless card. I would like to share the internet connection via crossover cable to my mac.

Any ideas?

S.Eras asked:


Why I must go through modem to connect to the internet?
Can I connect to internet just by network card?

If modem is like a converter, then what about network card? Does the network card need to convert digital signal to analog before send the data down to the cable? When the other end of the cable is connect to the modem, what happen there? Again another signal convertion by modem?

Mr. Nando asked:


Okay I have one laptop and so does my brother. And we have a wireless router and modem and paying for highspeed internet.
NOW,
I always connected internet on my laptop with a desktop plugged into the router and then into the wireless router.
Now the desktop doesnt work and i want to throw it away, Can i still get wireless internet w/out the desktop being plugged in? How do I do this?

sliderx13 asked:


Our instructor in Electronics engineering gave us a project, that is, to make a wireless microphone that will transmit in AM bandwidth. Because this is our first design project, I don’t know where to start. I even search the web for schematic diagrams for an AM wireless mike, but I couldn’t find any, instead, only FM wireless mike.

Kozsun Huseyin asked:


What makes people win and lose in Network Marketing. We hear great success with Network Marketing and we also hear the losers. So what makes a Network Marketing success story?

Many people leave a Network Marketing company before they achieve success and some people achieve so much in Network Marketing, work from home, and live the life they really want to. How is this possible? And what makes a success story in Network Marketing and a failure with a Network Marketing Company?

You will find out in this article:

* The Winners verses The Losers of Network Marketing

* Why is faith a key to success with Network Marketing?

* How to increase your faith in your Network Marketing Company

+ The Winners vs. The Losers of Network Marketing +

Network Marketing is an amazing business. Network Marketing contains two paradoxes which is an interesting fact to look at. On the one side, more millionaires in the United States owe their millionaire status to Network Marketing. On the other side Network Marketing contains one of the highest dropout rates.

Here is a list of the winners and losers of Network Marketing:

WINNERS of Network Marketing:

- Treats Network Marketing like a business

- Set goals and stick with it till they achieve them

- And most important of all – take ACTION

- Responsible for more millionaires being created in the United States

LOSERS of Network Marketing:

- Think Network Marketing is get rich quick

- Finish all of the products/stock themselves

- Think that the cash will come simply due to being part of the top Network Marketing company

- Don’t believe they can really make it in Network Marketing

- Treat their business like a hobby and or treat their television like a business!

- Leave Network Marketing within three months or less and when they leave, they blame Network Marketing and say Network Marketing is a scam.

+ Why is faith crucial to be a success in a Network Marketing Company? +

If you awoke in the morning and had a strong belief that you could not walk, it would be very unlikely that you would get out of bed. To be able to accomplish anything, we need to have a belief that we can rise to the challenge.

To believe requires faith.

When you make the decision to join the Network Marketing company you join because you have a strong belief that this business could work for you.

+ How to build great faith in your Network Marketing Company +

Ways to build great faith in your Network Marketing opportunity is with going back to your roots. What I mean by going back to your roots is to consider when you first joined your Network Marketing opportunity what was your belief, what got you excited? When you look at what got you excited you can work from that and build passion once again for your new Network Marketing business.

Affirmations are a great way to find the negative aspects of your beliefs about Network Marketing, yourself and your abilities and switch them around to make those beliefs a positive and profitable belief.

An even greater way to build your faith in your Network Marketing business is to look at your values. Looking at your values, evaluating, and re-adjusting you are given a faster way to see positive results.

To your success,

Kozan Huseyin ~ Network Marketing Expert, Internet Marketer, Life Coach, Writer.

becksterorange asked:


I have a secure wireless network that I added shared files to. I feel that my computer is safe on my network. But, if I go to a coffeehouse or the library, with my laptop, and use their network, will I be sharing my folders with everybody on that network?

Chris D asked:


I have a brand new Dell laptop with a Dell 1370 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g, 54Mbps5) and an older desktop. I want to hookup the laptop wirelessly.

I know I need a router and a wireless access point. However, I would also like to have a firewall in there.

Do all routers have firewall protection in them?

Is there any type of firewall/ router wireless access point product on the market that has all three in one?

jsssika asked:


Our company would like to implement a network faxing solution so we could fax from our pcs instead of from the fax machine. We currently have a sharp fo-dc535 fax machine which has networking capability and one server running Windows Server 2003. I am wondering if we are going to need to buy another server to handle the faxing or if we can just use our existing server. We fax about 100 docs a day back and forth so the volume is not that high, I just have never put a network fax solution in place. Also, if anyone knows of other things we will need to put in place to implement this I would appreciate that info. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

tjsmaniac asked:


I live near a public library and they provide a new public wi-fi network. I have already a pci ethernet card and I have installed it on my computer. My computer says I am connected to the network and the speed is 100mbps, but when I open Internet Explorer, a page connot be displayed appears. Why does this happen? If it matters, I also have a dial-up connection. Even when I disconnect the dial-up, I still can’t acess the internet through the network. What should I do?

Amanda H asked:


Our cable Internet connection was set up on my laptop. I then bought a wireless router. I have an HP running Windows VISTA. My roommate has a Dell laptop about four years old running Windows XP. She wants to connect to the Internet. I have a wireless network set up for the router. What does she need to do? She tried going under “Connect to” and no wireless networks showed up.

jessikatapp asked:


I have wireless on my laptop, but how does the dang thing work? I am not all that technologically advanced!

Kyle P asked:


I am buying a laptop tomorrow and I was wondering how will I get wireless internet? Is it just a simple as buying and hooking up a wireless router to my shaw cable modem???

Gregory Smyth asked:


In this world of modern technology, most people prefer not to connect computers with Ethernet cables because excessive cables scattered throughout their office or home is unsightly. You can choose to install a wireless network to avoid excessive cabling. For a wireless network, there is no need to use Ethernet cables to connect your computers to the DSL or router.

Usually, a wireless network broadcast signal uses one or more wireless routers or wireless access points. The access points or router are provided with an aerial and an Ethernet port. The Ethernet port in the access point must be connected to the modem which is provided by your internet service provider, if you need internet access. If you have to move the wireless network to another place, you can simply transfer and install it in your new location easily.

You can also make a combination of wired and wireless connections with an access point or wireless router. The access point functions as the receiver and radio frequency transmitter and can interact with computers, IP Phones, PDAs and other access points having 802.11 wireless adapters. IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless transmission is utilized in a wireless local area network (WLAN). Certain other wireless networking standards such as Bluetooth are available now. However, 802.11 standard is considered as the most effectual networking solution. Actually, the aim of the developers of this network interface was to connect computers through a local area network. However, it has now been changed and a wireless network interface is also used for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and internet access.

Based on the surveys conducted so far, it is clear that you can stay connected in your network for a long period each day. If you have a laptop with a wireless connection, you can walk around your office with your laptop without losing the connection. Nowadays, certain emergency services are transferring their confidential data through a wireless network. We can consider this as an evidence for the data security which is provided by wireless network. You can send and share data quickly through a wireless network. This is the main reason why businesses and people prefer this network interface for their data sharing. Another important fact regarding wireless networks is that you can connect to the network easily even from the regions which have poor telecom infrastructure.

Some of the main reasons which make the wireless network interface popular include:

i) Convenience as you can use this network interface at home, the office or anywhere else without hassle.

ii) WLANs are available anywhere in the world at an affordable cost.

iii) If you are moving to a new location, you can transfer the interface and install it at your new location easily.

iv) There is no need for an Ethernet cable to connect computers to each other.

For a business, one of the main advantages in setting up a wireless network is savings. You can access the changes in your business in a short period of time after installing the wireless network. There is no need to spend money on cables and other equipments. The cost of maintaining a wireless network is also less when compared to other network interfaces.

Nowadays, you can buy wireless routers at an affordable cost. Also having a wireless network can increase productivity and improve the working environment in your office.

One of the main drawbacks of this network interface is that it may cause health and environmental hazards. Recent researches reported that the constant use of wireless network interfaces may lead to memory loss, poor concentration, premature senility, nausea and even the hazardous disease named cancer. Some environmental hazards that may occur due the constant usage of this interface are also reported. These hazards occur due to electromagnetic radiation coming out of wireless networks.