Recently, I was the host of the Cajun Clickers Computer Club’s weekly radio show on WJBO in Baton Rouge. We run a call-in "ask the experts" show about computers on Saturday mornings. One of the calls was from a lady who had multiple wireless computers. Originally, they all would connect successfully to her router. Now, [...]
Wi-Fi Hotspots and Computer Security
Are you safe when you use the wireless network at your local coffee shop or airport? Maybe. Maybe not. Are you accidentally sharing your files on your computer? Is your computer "trusting" connection attempts from the other computers at the hostspot? Reader Sam Boggs wrote to ask: Terry: To improve security when using Wi-Fi at [...]
Wireless Security
First, be sure to connect to the router using an Ethernet cable for your configuration work – otherwise, with the first change, you’ll get locked out. If you are using wireless to login to the router, if you get locked out, you’ll have to wait for the router to time out and close that login. [...]
Another Accidental Wireless Connection
There’s another type of accidental wireless connection. You might have your notebook connected by Ethernet cable and still end up connecting to the wireless network as your Internet gateway. Tech Tip You can connect simultaneously to as many networks as you have wired and wireless network cards or wireless USB adapters that you have. But, [...]
An Anti-Virus Question
Jennie, one of my friends and readers, wrote to say: Terry, I want to download the NOD32 virus program and wonder if I can download it on my desktop (fast access) and put it on a CD and install it on my laptop. I have been unable to get the fast access to work on [...]
Adding a Wireless Router to a Network
Reader Larry Braud wrote about problems adding a wireless router to an existing wired network: Terry, you told me a while ago that you hooked your wireless router to your regular wired router whenever you wanted wireless capability. What special do you have to do or is it just plug and play? I was trying [...]
Accidental Wireless Connections
When you have a wireless notebook, or even a wireless desktop computer, you need to make sure you’re connecting to the correct router. Most often, you want to connect to your own router in your house or apartment. Other times, it might be the wireless router in a coffee shop. Our first type of accidental [...]
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