Wireless Networking

Wilmington NC Wireless Computer Networking

(WLAN) - Wireless Local Area Network

In today’s digital age laptops are gaining ground and becoming more and more popular in the End User and Business world, laptops are becoming the preferred medium of choice for individuals computing needs.

Adding a Wi-Fi Network to your home or business means that you are no longer required to have a large numbers of cables connecting computers across your Network in your office or home. You can also allow shared access to printers and other devices, which further reduces the number of cables and wires needed. Free at last of unsightly cabling? Not quite!

A Wi-Fi network uses either an access point or ‘router’ in the same way as a standard network and each PC uses an internal wireless card or an external wireless receiver to transmit and receive data. So with the obvious benefits of going wireless there are also short comings that come with a wireless network that need to be taken into consideration. Wireless Networks work using radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers so there for they are more prone to signal interference and dropped signal and security issues over their Wired (LAN) predecessor.

Wireless Security and what you need to know. In theory, wireless LANs are less secure than wired LANs, because wireless data signals are transmitted across the air waves and can easily be intercepted by a hacker if there is no encryption standard established and in place. Establishing an Encryption Security standard on a Wireless network is an absolute must and should never be overlooked.

What needs to be considered when setting up a Wireless Network are the following

Access - making sure that only authorized people can use the wireless network. Without proper access control anyone in the vicinity of your home or office can use the wireless network, and thus get access to your personal data.

Privacy - making sure that no one can watch your communications. Without this, anyone in the vicinity of your home or office can watch everything you do on a wireless network. This will let them steal your passwords and look at everything you are doing.

Community Computer Repair can provide solutions that address and cover both of these issues when setting up and configuring your wireless network in your home or business.

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