----- Original Message -----
From: "David J Brooks"
Subject: Re: Wireless question
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> wrote:
So, i'll need to add a card to the PC, is that correct.??
I have read some of the flyers and plan to get one w=that allows firewall
etc.
Check your motherboard specs. Some (like my old ASUS) had wireless built in,
others (like my new Gigabyte) don't.
Odds are you will be adding a card though.
I think all routers these days have built in firewalls. Doesn't help unless
you password protect the network though.
If you want to be really anal, you can close down your network to just the
MAC addresses of your individual computers.
Note, PC's have MAC addresses. It stands for Media Access Control address.
I've found WinXP pro to be very easy to make work on a wireless network, it
wants to be networked.
Vista wasn't so easy, it wants to network but is afraid of the consequences
so it won't actually do it unless you talk really nice and reassure it that
it will be OK.
William Robb
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