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Wireless
Network:
5 Reasons Why You Need One
by Jeff Cohen
As far as I'm
concerned, wireless networks are one of the best inventions
in history. They really are the best thing since sliced bread.
I mean, really, bread is easy enough to cut yourself, but
have you ever tried to wire up a network? So, in the spirit
of spreading the word, I'm going to give you five reasons
why you need a wireless network.
Share
Internet Access
Wireless networking
gives you a cheap and easy way to share one Internet connection
between multiple computers, eliminating the need for more
than one modem. You can even add new computers to your network
simply by plugging in a wireless card and switching them
on. They get an Internet connection straightaway. There aren't
many wired networks that can say that.
Share
Files and Printers
A wireless network
gives you access to your files wherever you are in your home,
and makes it easy to synchronize the data on a laptop with
a home computer. It is much easier to send files between
computers with a wireless network than it is to send them
by email, or even by burning them to a CD.
Plus, with the
printer connected, you can also write things wherever you
want, press print, and go and collect them from a printer
connected to another computer -- printers that are plugged
into one of the computers on the network are shared between
all the computers automatically.
Play Games
You might have
seen an option in your favourite game to play over a LAN.
Well, wireless networks are LANs, which means that your whole
family can play that game together - without needing the
computers to be anywhere near each other. It's far more fun
to play against real people you know than to play against
random people over the Internet, not to mention that the
game will work much faster. You could even invite your friends
to bring their computers and join in - a 'LAN party'!
An added benefit
is that wireless equipment lets you easily connect any game
consoles you or your kids might have to the Internet, and
start playing online. It's far easier to play online with
a wirelessly connected Xbox or PlayStation 2 than to have
to connect it to your modem every time.
Always
On
A big factor in
the spread of broadband was that it let Internet connections
be always-on, without needing to dial in. Well, wireless
networking lets network connections be always-on, meaning
that any of your computers can connect to the Internet whenever
you want! You can take laptops from room to room, and it
doesn't matter -- they'll always have access. Plus, there's
not even any need to set up a username and password system,
as wireless networks work without logging in. It's just so
convenient!
No More
Wires
This, of course,
is the biggest reason why you should switch your network
over to wireless. Wires are inconvenient, expensive, ugly
and dangerous -- you'll be delighted to see the back of them.
The average Ethernet
wire doesn't cost that much per foot, but once you've bought
enough feet to do whatever you need to do, well, it tends
to add up quickly. Not only that, but if you want to run
your wire between rooms or floors, you have to knock holes
in the walls -- which might not even be allowed if you're
renting. I know plenty of people in rented apartments who
had to keep their network confined to one room until they
went wireless. With wireless networking, well, you can even
take your computer outside, if you want to!
No more wires
also means no more spaghetti all over the floor and in the
corners. Not only does this improve the safety of your home,
as it's all too easy to trip over exposed wires, but it also
means that you don't have to go to all the trouble of packing
all the wires up and re-connecting them at the other end
when you move. It also means that you don't have to examine
every wire for damage if your Internet connection breaks
down.
Convinced?
If you're excited,
then that's great! Keep reading these articles for advice
on how to set everything up. If you don't think it's for
you yet, well, don't give up on it. I'm sure you'll come
round when you realize just how easy and cheap wireless really
is.
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