Desktop wireless question

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i recently bought this pc from bestbuy.com and i noticed that the wireless eange is quite short.i have to put the wireless modem right beside the tower in order for the pc to pick up the signal.i checked the device manager and it says that the wireless lan is working properly.can anyone think of a reason why the pc wont pick up the signal?
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Newbie wireless question (slightly off-topic)

I didn't want to post this here as it's not entirely an Airport-specific question. I posted this to the iBook forums, but nobody there has answered so my apologies if this is not welcome here. (Any moderators can remove it if that's the case.)
I've been using computers extensively for over a decade, but I'm a total newbie to wifi. I just set up a wireless network in my house and would appreciate some advice/feedback.
My main concerns are whether or not my network is reasonably secure. I know there is no such thing as perfect security, but I don't know if what I've done is good enough or not.
I don't have an Airport base station, but I do have a D-Link Airplus G and an Airport card in my iBook. I have WEP set up on the router and I have enabled MAC filtering, listing only my desktop and my iBook, excluding all others from the network.
I'm fairly certain that nobody in my neighborhood is going to get into my machines this way or be able to sniff my network data stream, but am I right in assuming that nobody can "piggyback" on my Internet connection too? Presumably, if everyone but my own machines are MAC-filtered and kept out, then the Internet connection is also protected. Is that how it works?

WEP and MAC filtering are better than nothing, but you can do better. These are my suggestions:
1. Use WPA with a pre-shared key (PSK) and TKIP encryption on your Netgear router, along with an alphanumeric passphrase of at least eight characters not found in any dictionary. The equivalent setting on your Mac is "WPA Personal". Unlike WEP security (which an expert can crack in under half an hour), WPA security is currently unhackable by any practical means as long as you use a non-dictionary passphrase. One last point - WPA security requires all your wireless Macs to be running MacOS 10.3 or newer.
2. MAC filtering is (these days) essentially useless as a wireless security method. Using "packet sniffing" of traffic on your wireless network to find out what MAC addresses are used by computers on your network, and a PC that allows its MAC address to be cloned so that it is identical to the MAC address of one your own wireless computers (which is possible with most PC wireless network adapters) even an amateur hacker can defeat MAC address filtering in minutes.
By the way - I don't think your posted message here is off topic. In my opinion, the Airport discussion forums are the best place to post any questions related to usage of wireless networks. Questions of this nature are virtually never specific to any Mac model.

Wireless Questions

Hello,
I'm Brandon and I'm new here, and a new Mac user.
I've just purchased a MacBook and have never used wireless internet before, so I have a few questions I'd like to have answered before my new Mac arrives.
First, I know friends have brought computers to my house and been able to use wireless internet, even though we have no router. Does this mean it is likely that this will work for me too?
Second, we have broadband internet running into the family Vaio desktop, which runs God-awful XP MCE. The installation guy told us we would only be able to run one computer at a time. However, if I purchased an Airport Express I should be able to run both my lap top and the Vaio (supposedly wireless-enabled) simultaneously right?

Welcome and congratulations.
Brandon A Elam wrote:
...friends have brought computers to my house and been able to use wireless internet, even though we have no router. Does this mean it is likely that this will work for me too?...
There is probably an open wireless network nearby that they are able to connect to. You might be able to use this to connect to the internet, but this is not secure if you want to also share files and printers between your Mac and PC. You should set up your own wireless network, use password-protected encryption and stealth mode where the wireless network name is not even broadcast.
... we would only be able to run one computer at a time...
probably he means with that broadband modem, some modems feature a built-in router with ports for more than one computer. But you should be able to add your own router to the broadband modem to use multiple computers.
However, if I purchased an Airport Express I should be able to run both my lap top and the Vaio (supposedly wireless-enabled) simultaneously right?
The Express can support up to 10 simultaneous wireless computers. This wireless hub has no wired Ethernet ports, (are you sure the VAIO is wireless enabled?) The Extreme can support up to 50 clients and has 3 wired Ethernet ports just in case a visitor has an older laptop without wireless or you need a wired port for an older computer.
They both will work with Mac and PC and you should be able to set up file sharing and printer sharing.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/
You might need to install Bonjour for Windows on the VAIO.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html
The MacBook also can share it's internet connection over the wifi network to a computer hooked up to its wired Ethernet port, or vice versa... so you could potentially hook up both computers to the internet right away using that built-in internet sharing feature before you get a wireless hub, which would be useful to have when you have a visitor and need more connections. I'm not sure how many wireless clients can hook to the MacBook shared network when it is using the wired Ethernet as the primary connection.

Please help. USB-DeskTop software question

Hi,
Im in a crunch really bad and a freind told me about this and so far ive seen some AUSOME info and ausome generosity of helpen each other any way
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1)is it possible to plug the berry to the pc and have it show up in my computer so i can juggle stuff around from sd card to device memory and back and forth?
i down loaded the usb and modem drivers eng (dm4.6 b13) that xandrex posted, and my phone settings i believ are right options-memoery on-no-prompt, yet it still is not showing up. it wasent even showing up when i had the desk top software on my pc. my first bold worked just fine like that then i got another one and it wont, i been tryen figure out for weeks.. pppppppppppllllleeeeaasssse help
2) ok keep in mind what i said in umber 1:::::::this is what i did to try to fix it.
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i tryed this several times, and i have older cds with older versions and none of them would load all the same message, sooooooooo now im worst of than i was before. i not only cant get to my device memory still three my windows explorer, (ps media manager would not work either when i did have the software on here)now i cant even get the application loader which i use alot too. cause the software wont load.man im not a pc wiz but im not a retard either,the instructions were very very every well written, and went very smothly,except i was ent sure about were to put a space on a file that iwas directed to rename ,when i was deleateing everything. im a river boat pilot and my berry is my a big part of my life my connection to the world and my family 5 kids and my whole digital life haha thats funny to me.anyway i would really really appreciate any info or help anyone can send my way, and i will pay it forward . yall have a pretty tight site here, i been doing the crackberry thing but man yall have sum good info here                            thanks again   chris
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vibrations1 wrote:
bifocals
thanx for the help here are the info u requested:
1.my pc is running windows vista 32-bit
KB13187 How to uninstall or modify applications on Windows Vista including BlackBerry Desktop
2.phone is berry bold 9000
3.os for the phone is 4.6.0.167
4.sir i cant be sure how many times ive instaled desktop software on the pc ,cause ive had 3 different berrys,if i had to gues mabey 6 times,4 of those times in the last 48 hours.
You definitley need to run the clean procedure:
KB02206 How to perform a clean uninstall of BlackBerry Desktop Software.
Remove the other copies of the drivers here.
5.service packs????not sure what u mean im green a little Windows issues service packs for the OS
6.as of right now i uninstaled the driver i loaded last night and uninstaled the desktop software again,so as far as i know nothing is instaled right this minute;
I realize you would like to use DM 4.3 but there aren't any USB drivers for it listed.
I would suggest 4.7 download software and drivers here:
File name: BlackBerry USB and Modem Drivers_ENG (DM4.7b50).msi
File size: 14.238 MB
Date posted: 17-Oct-08
Download Software
Install and Cold boot the PC befoire installing the Desktop manager
Desktop Manager 4.7.0 B59 English - Without Media Manager
File size: 82.012 MB
Date posted: 23-Apr-09
File name: 470_b059_english_nomediamanager.exe
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7.i do have sum blackberry programs instaled that have to do with makeing themes here they are in case that matters
   A.plazmic 4.7
   B.black berry simulator4.2
   C.blackberry simulator4.3
   D.blackberry jde 4.2
   E.blackbery mds and email simulator
8. i have the 4.5 and the 4.6 and the5.0 drivers on my pc, but not instaled
Uninstall them, then install the fresh copy of the 4.7 device drivers
I have not yet did the clean uninstall (that yall suggested in that post) since last night. after i did all that last night,i installed the driver and berry would not show up on windows explorer,so then i tried to install desktop again and it left that message on my original post up top,so I restored my commuter and desktop was there again and working (I only really use app loader)    then I uninstaled it again.(not the clean way this time) and started installing and unistalling the drivers ,which lead to no prevail.            I would like to be able to use the app loader,and I would REALLY like for my phone to show up on my PC again so i can juggle my media around from SD card to device and all that stuff.
what would u suggest I do first sir?
I have desktop software cd's 4.3 and 4.6        I like the 4.3 version better one more fact (don't know if will help u) this is my second bold my first bold everything worked it showed up on windows explorer and desktop worked then it broke and I got another one and I changed nothing and this one will not show up on PC and media deal on the desktop software wont work,which I don't care bout that if it whould show up on windows explorer.
At the end of this install try connecting the Blackberry to the PC without Desktop manager running.
See if the device comes up correctly. If not run Windows update with the Blackberry plugged in. The
device should be recognized and the device drivers added.
Let us know how it goes!
Thanks,
Bifocals
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Dual-band wireless question

Hi again: I am new to this dual-band wireless stuff in TC having just replaced my AE with a new TC. I have a few questions regarding wireless setup.
1. When selecting the "Radio Mode" you are presented with options like "802.11a/n - 802.11b/g". Does this setting mean that the primary wireless will be a/n wile the guest wireless will be restricted to b/g ?
2. If you Option-click on the Radio-Mode pick list you can select multiple other settings. On of which is 802.11n (5 ghz) - 802.11a/b. Give question 1 does this restrict the main wireless to 5 ghz n only? (I highly doubt this as I can still connect to the "n network" with my iphone which only supports b/g.)
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So is my assumption that the hyphen in the selection is the differentiation between the two networks?
Also, when I activate the "5 ghz" setting under options I actually see three networks, "Network1 (5 Ghz), Network1, and Network2 in my naming system. Does this mean that Network1 (5 Ghz) in the N only while Network1 is a standard N (with backwards compatibility to b/g)? I think this is the case as my iPhone does connect to Network1 while Network1 (5 Ghz) is not detected.
Thanks for the help, Chris.

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I can't connect my ipad to the wireless printer hp photosmart 6520e . Ipad is stating no air printers found. My MacBook and desktop are connected and working well.

S the printer connected to the same Wifi network as the iPad? If so, is it wirelessly connected to it?
That particular pinter model does appear on Apple's list of compatible printers.
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Hi again raday,
Okay, time to go back to basics; always the best course of action when attempts to connect wirelessly fail.
In this situation, what I would do next, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts, is to log in to the router, remove the password and then attempt to connect with the MacBook.
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I hate to think I have to have two routers to make this work, one for apple and one for the rest of the world.
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Q2) Is it possible to have RDSH in Redirection mode and
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"With RDSH, you will get RemoteApp, the "terminal sessions". Have you been around during Windows
Server 2003 Tarminal Server? That´s it, but with additional RDWeb. RDSH is pretty much the same as Citrix XenApp overall." -
yes, I understand.
"You can setup VDI infra with only one server, you will need
RDVH, RDWeb and RDConnector roles, that´s all. You don´t need RDSH role for running VDI. -
I'm agree... but if I have VDI up and running without RDSH why its item is present on Deployment Overview diagram??? Can't find corresponding documentation anywhere... :(
Regards,
Michael

Help with wireless question

ok, so ive just gotten back from university, and im looking into buyin a wireless router so that i can connect to the internet with my macbook. i was wondering what the best router would be considering i have a home PC that is connected to the internet with a broadband modem. im not looking for anything fancy, just something that will connect me to the internet (with a decent connection speed, and wont lose connection if i move around my house). because i am a university student, im lookin for somethin that isnt too expensive (but i will dish out the money if i have to). thanks in advance!!
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