Tips on Setting Up a Wireless Home Network

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When choosing a computer for gaming, you Laptop Batteryshould focus on the processor speed, the RAM capacity and the graphics card. If you understand how these three components are crucial to enhancing your gaming experience, you can successfully start building your own gaming machine.

If you’re building a gaming machine from scratch, consider acquiring the fastest processor your budget would allow – a duo core processor would usually do fine. If your processor is not fast enough, you may experience lags when you’re playing complex games.

As for RAM, it hardly needs mentioning. A minimum of 2GB should put you on the safe zone. But then you’ll have to check out the system requirements of your favourite game packages to determine if you need anything extra.

You can’t just buy a low-end VGA card to enjoy a unique gaming experience. You would need the best graphic acceleration available to suit your budget and gaming needs. Don’t also forget your sound card. You would have to cross the entry-level threshold for this as well.


If you’re not sure about building a gaming PC, you could opt for a pre-configured PC that could do IBM 08K8214 Battery the job equally well for you.


Alienware Area 51 7500

A unit that could suit your needs is the Alienware Area 51 7500. For processor speed you get a cool Intel Core 2 Duo (E8400) running at 3GHz. This should take care of the most CPU-intensive of games.

As for RAM you’ll have more than enough with 4GB of it. The motherboard comes with four slots for RAM and each slot comes filled with 1GB RAM. With this much of RAM available, you may want to try your luck multi-tasking. One thing is certain – 4GB of RAM means you’re building a gaming machine for the future.

You also get a dual (two graphics-processing chips) 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 9 card to handle fast-paced games with excellent 3-D support and lag-free performance. To complete a unique gaming experience, the sound card supports high definition 7.1 surround sound. So, get ready to rev up your IBM 08K8195 Batteryspeakers.


Gateway FX 540S

If your budget doesn’t allow you to consider Alienware, then you could look at Gateway’s FX 540S. It comes with Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600, running at 2.4 GHz. That should be enough for you to play such demanding games as World of Warcraft and Lineage, among others. RAM comes at 3GB which should allow you to multi-task depending on the type of game you run.

Graphics will certainly impress with NVIDIA’s GeForce 8600GS with GPU RAM of 256 MB with Dual DVI out and TV output. Also thrown in are a card reader, DVD burner and ten USB ports. There are also three Firewire ports in case you need to hook up your digital video camera or external hard drives.

How do you normally share files with other folks at home? Most probably, you would use a floppy disk or a pen drive, or have the files backed up to a CD or DVD. Of course there’s the hassle of copying a file in your storage device and carrying it over to the person you want to pass it to. Well, a better way would be to share through a wireless network. Similarly, you can also share your Internet connection. Let’s look at how you can do it.


If you already have a broadband Internet connection, the otherIBM 08K8193 Battery items you need are a wireless network card and a wireless router. Chances are your laptop has a built-in wireless adapter. If you’re buying a wireless router, try to buy it as a bundle with a network card. Not only will you get a cheaper deal, you’ll also get a proven-to-work package, usually if both these items are of the same brand. Don’t forget to check for 802.11g compatibility though.


Spend some time reading through the manuals that came with the products. There would be detailed instructions on how to go about setting them up. When you’re ready, power off your broadband modem or better still unplug it. Follow the instruction manual and connect the wireless router to the modem. Done with that, unplug the LAN cable from the modem and plug it into the router LAN IBM 08K8192 Battery or WLAN port (check your router manual).


Now you should power on your modem. Give it time to stabilize. Then power on your wireless router. If everything is connected properly, the Internet mode light should light up on your router.

It is now time to set up your wireless router. Detailed instructions will be provided in your manual as to how you should go about this. Most importantly, record down the passphrase or keys you set up. You will need this when you configure your computers to work with the wireless network.


It’s now time to set up IBM 92P1101 Battery your wireless network adapter card. Assuming you’ve already plugged it into your computer, and set it up with the CD that came along with it, you’re ready to configure your computer to be connected with the wireless network.


If it’s a laptop, then your wireless adapter may have already been installed during system setup. Otherwise, get out the System Utilities CD and proceed with the installation. If your wireless card is installed properly, you should see a wireless network icon towards the right of your bottom taskbar. Click on the icon and choose View Available Networks. Choose the name you gave when you set up your router. Click on Connect. If you’ve entered a passphrase in your router, you’ll need it now for your computer to establish connection with the IBM 92P1089 Battery router.