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Internet Protection with a Firewall and Router

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Recently, subscriber Peter Killick had a question about protection from downloads:
I was under the impression that my combination of a router plus a software firewall completely prevented anything ever being downloaded on my computer over the web without my approval, typically indicated by clicking a button. My router is a Netgear, properly and carefully [...]

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Speeding Up a Slow Dialup Connection

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Reader Teri Scott wrote me to ask about her slow dialup Internet connection:
Hello,
I have a desktop and a laptop and live in a remote area so the only internet I can get is dial-up. We recently moved and in our previous home, my desktop and laptop connected [...]

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Home Networking Basics

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Why should I network the computers in my home?

Convenience, so you can share files and/or printers and/or the Internet connection
Backup, so you can copy critical data files (e.g., your Quicken data) to the other machine for backup
Computer access, so you can surf the Web while your spouse or kids are doing email or playing games

Basic [...]

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Thinking About Broadband Internet Access

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

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If you’re still using dialup Internet access for use from home, you should start thinking about “broadband”.
What’s broadband? That’s the term for getting your Internet access via [...]

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Great Prices on Dialup Internet Access

Friday, December 8th, 2006

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your first computer is to get one of the expensive dialup Internet services. AOL used to be one of the most expensive, but lots of new computer users started with them because their AOL CD’s were EVERYWHERE.
Now, AOL is dropping out of the dialup Internet [...]

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