Show Notes - Episode 7
SERIES: Lab Rats
EPISODE #: 7
RELEASE DATE: December 5, 2005
TITLE: Setup a Wireless Home Network
RUN TIME: 15:13:24
HOSTS: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers
PRODUCER: Matt Harris
EDITOR: Sean Carruthers
SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep7.html
NOTES:
Andy's book = Absolute Beginners Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, and Viruses
- Out of the box, wireless routers have default settings that you can use to connect wirelessly...when applying new settings your wireless connection will be lost during the router reboot.
- Intel Centrino Notebooks automatically have built-in wireless connectivity
To Qualify as Centrino it must have Intel certified:
- CPU
- Wireless
- Chipset
- Centrino components can be used with non-Centrino products, but the end result cannot be called Centrino
Keywords for Wireless:
- WiFi
- 802.11b:
- first wireless technology
- uses 2.4GHz spectrum
- up to 11 mbps
- backwards compatible with 802.11g (slower of the two will be your speed and range)
- 802.11g:
- uses 2.4GHz spectrum
- up to 54 mbps
- backwards compatible with 802.11b (slower of the two will be your speed and range)
- 802.11a:
- uses 5GHz spectrum
- up to 54 mbps
- not very widely used
- typically only found at businesses
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:
- Set specifications for electronics
- 802.11 Standard
- The further away = decrease in speed
- At the furtherest point = still get 1 mbps
- Your transfer speed and range will drop significantly if there are walls, concrete, or mental in the way.
- These "doubling" speed technologies will only work if all wireless components use the same chipset.
- If your router has "Extreme" turned on, standard WiFi products may not be able to connect at all.
SSID - Service Set Identifier (name of your network)
Wardriving - is a technique hackers use to locate unsecured networks from the safety on their car.
For Windows:
- Double Click on Wireless Network Connections - located in the system tray
- Click View Wireless Networks
- Select your Wireless Connection displayed
- To setup wireless security, go download Episode #1
- Click Connect
- Your connected.
For Mac:
- Click the wireless symbol on the top of your screen once
- When the menu drops down select your Wireless Connection
- Your connected.
Andy's book = Absolute Beginners Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, and Viruses
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Title Graphics by Steve Huntriss (AKA ‘Tackie’)
Theme Music by Dee Long
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Show Notes by Michael Britton
