Recently, I have had a lot of new people moving into my neighborhood, and I have been amused by some of the fun and creative names that some of my new neighbors use for their Wi-Fi networks. At the ...

I've just been reading "What's the deal with wireless security?" and it says that hiding the router SSID and using MAC filtering doesn't equal security. Nor does WEP encryption. In my house, we have ...

Therefore, after all of your computers have accessed the wireless network at least once, you no longer need to broadcast the network’s SSID. Therefore, conventional wireless wisdom says that you ...

It’s hard to stop hackers from gaining access to something as ethereal as an electronic signal. That’s why it has always been challenging to secure a wireless network. If yours isn’t secure, your ...

To help readers follow the instructions in this article, we used two different typefaces: Boldface type is used to identify the names of icons, agendas and URLs. Sans serif type indicates the names of ...

A wireless router is a device that bridges a computer and a modem by broadcasting the wireless network signal. Usually, wireless devices and computers within the router's range detect and report the ...

CNET.com.au's step-by-step guide to using a wireless router to share an Internet connection and build a wireless network at home. Locating local internet providers It wasn't long ago that the average ...

To configure a wireless network using your Windows 8 computer, first you must connect your router to the ISP's external connection source, plug in the power source and turn the router on. If you use ...