Your Guide To Wireless

Bluetooth Technical Operations

Bluetooth is a high speed, low powered wireless link technology that's designed to connect phones or other portable equipment together with little to no work required by the user. Unlike infrared, Bluetooth doesn't require line of site positioning to work. Current prototype circuits are contained on a board that is 0.9 cm square, with a much smaller circuit board being developed. When one Bluetooth device comes in contact with another, they will automatically exchange addresses ...

Advantages And Disadvantages of Bluetooth

Bluetooth has a lot to offer with an increasingly difficult market place. Bluetooth helps to bring with it the promise of freedom from the cables and simplicity in networking that has yet to be matched by Local Area Network. In the key marketplace, of wireless and handheld devices, the closest competitor to Bluetooth is infrared. Infrared holds many key features, although the line of sight it provides doesn't go through walls or through obstacles like that of the Bluetooth technology. Un...

10 Benefits Of Bluetooth

Below, are 10 benefits and reasons to use Bluetooth technology. 1. Wireless As you probably already know, there are many benefits and advantages to using wireless devices. Along with improving safety as a result of cutting down wires you don't need, wireless also offers you plenty of other advantages. When traveling with your laptop or other wireless devices, you'll no longer have to worry about bringing connection cables. 2. Bluetooth is not expensive The technology of Bluetooth is c...

Pick A Wireless Network

In crowded urban areas, it is common to find multiple available wireless networks that are in the same location. To make a selection, right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon in the System Tray and select View Available Wireless Networks from the pop-up menu. Each network is listed according to its SSID (Service Set Identifier). The listing also includes pertinent information such as signal strength and security status. Unsecured networks require no password or encryption key, but se...

Keep Drivers Up-To-Date

Drivers are small pieces of software code that allow an operating system to access wireless adapters and other hardware. Unlike many other types of drivers, those used for wireless technology constantly undergo changes and improvements. A driver that worked flawlessly last month may not be able to connect to a new or improved wireless access point today. Before hitting the road, check the Web site of the manufacturer of your wireless adapter or your laptop for driver updates. Keep a copy of t...

Revive Your Wireless Adapter

If you see a big, fat, red X on the Wireless Network Connection icon in your System Tray, then your wireless adapter has been disabled. This can happen for a number of reasons; some of the more common are laptop power management features, which disable network adapters for longer battery runtimes; manually turned off adapters; and loose or disconnected adapters. Re-enable or reset the adapter as applicable and click the Wireless Network Connection icon in the System Tray. In the Network Connecti...

Control Automatic Connections

Whenever you connect to a new wireless network, Windows XP adds it to a list of preferred connections. Over time, this list can get cluttered with entries, at least some of which are in the same geographic location. You can easily end up connecting to the Wireless Network A when you thought you were connecting to the Hotspot B. WinXP creates the list, but you can control the order of preference. You can also determine whether your computer should make an automatic connection. Click the Wirele...