| Wireless networking is 1 of the greatest
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| | #3: Share Files And Printers
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| new computer technologies in terms of
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| | A wireless network gives you access to
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| convenience. If you're weighing the pros
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| | your files wherever you are, and makes it
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| and cons of wireless before taking the
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| | easy to synchronize the data of a laptop
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| leap, here are 5 to put in the "pro"
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| | and a desktop computer. It's much easier
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| column.
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| | to send files between computers with a
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| #1: No More Wires
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| | wireless network than by email, or CD.
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| Of all the reasons to switch your network
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| | Plus, with the printer connected, you can
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| to wireless, this is perhaps the most
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| | also write things wherever you happen to
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| important. Wires are inconvenient,
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| | be, press print, and go collect them from
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| expensive, dangerous, and downright ugly.
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| | a printer connected to another computer.
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| No more wires across the floor improves
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| | Printers plugged into 1 of the network's
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| the safety of your home, since it's easy
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| | computers are shared by all the computers
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| to trip over exposed wires.
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| | automatically.
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| The average Ethernet wire doesn't cost
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| | #4: Always ON
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| much per foot, but it adds up quickly. To
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| | Broadband revolutionized networking with
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| run wires between rooms or floors, you
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| | internet connections being continuously
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| have to knock holes in the walls, which
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| | connected -- no need to dial in every
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| might not even be an option for renters.
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| | time. Wireless networking lets network
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| Plus when you move you don't have the
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| | connections be always-on, so any of your
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| mess of disconnecting all the wires only
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| | computers can connect to the internet
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| to re-connect them at the other end. Nor
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| | whenever you want. Take laptops from room
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| do you have to examine every wire for
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| | to room or out on the deck -- they'll
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| damage if your internet connection goes
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| | have an internet connection. Plus,
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| down.
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| | there's no need for excessive password
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| #2: Internet Access For All
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| | entry.
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| Wireless networking gives you a cheap,
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| | #5: Freedom!
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| easy way to share 1 internet connection
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| | With wireless networking, you can even
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| among multiple computers. You can add new
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| | take your computer wherever the signal
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| computers to your network simply by
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| | reaches. Going wireless is much like the
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| plugging in a wireless card and switching
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| | switching from the old fashioned
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| them on -- they get an internet
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| | wall-mounted telephone to a cellular
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| connection immediately!
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| | phone. The freedom is exhilarating.
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