• Cell phones/headphones/printers

• Now the main question everyone is asking, what is wireless technology?

• 20 years ago, we did not have much in terms of wireless technology.

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• Technology has taken great leaps and bounds since then

• The basic purpose of wireless technology is to give us the convenience to move around

  • Older technology limited us from taking our computers out of our house

    • Now you can do business on the airplane or study for your exams at a coffee shop

• What wireless will let you do is that if you have a computer in every room in your house and you do not want to take a wire to every room; you can use, what is known as a wireless router to connect all those computers to the internet.

• A wireless router allows you to connect one or several CPU’s to the internet without the jumble and the mess of wires going thru out your house.

• But it is not enough to just have a wireless router in your house; your computer also needs to have the hardware required to be able to work with the wireless router. This hardware is known as a wireless card.

  • Most new computer and laptops nowadays come equipped with a wireless card But if you have a computer that does not have one in there, you can buy one and either install it yourself (which is extremely easy) or get it installed in your computer

• Once you have a wireless card installed in your computer, you will need to buy a ‘Wireless Router’

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• Most wireless routers support a range of up to 150 feet indoors and 300 feet outdoors; stronger routers will obviously allow you a longer range

• Instructions that come with a wireless router are dummy proof and can be installed by almost anyone

• Internet on phone

  • Smart phone – Blackberry, iphone

• Makes life simpler by allowing you to check email, facebook, bank accounts, organize your life

• Call your service provider and ask for a ‘data plan’