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Question by Andy C: wireless internet?
I’m looking into get wireless internet in my three store house and want connection everywhere in it. Do i need a certaint kind to get connection through the whole house? Also the more computers using the wireless internet at the same time, is the speed of the internet going to be slower?

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Answer by N2FC
For maximum distance look for the letters “MIMO” on your wireless equipment… This will give you extended power and range over other types.

Wireless N is newer and better, but G equipment with MIMO will probably be good enough. make sure the router is centrally located for access throughout the whole house… If you don’t get MIMO, it will most assuredly NOT have the range you will need for that large a home!

The speed is a more a factor of the distance from the router than anything else… Most cable and DSL connections peak out at about 5-10 Mb and with 54Mb bandwidth on wireless G, you can support a lot of computers! Your internet bandwidth will be the limiting factor when all are using it full out!

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Question by Ibanez-Kid: What do I need to setup wireless network?
I’m getting an acer aspire one netbook in a couple of weeks and i already have a dell desktop and I would like to setup a wireless network in my house. I know I need a wireless router but does it come with the ethernet cable and stuff like that and what else could I possibly need for it?

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Answer by jamesmicoff
May or may not come with the cable. That is about all you need

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Question by i_laugh_at_u: How do i get WiFi and wireless internet for my iPod Touch?
I got a iPod Touch but it’s been used. It was from a pawn shop and i believe its the first generation. I don’t know any of the passwords or anything about it??? I just want to be able to look at youtube on it and i need the wireless internet and WiFi

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Answer by mac_fixit
Go into Settings (the icon with the cogs on it) and click on the Wifi tab- scroll if you have to and set the settings from there.

As you got it from a pawn shop it won’t have a warranty on it and you won’t be able to access the iTunes app store so you wont be able to get any of the 4,000 free games for it.

I think you have to register it on Youtube first before you can actually watch videos.

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Question by Paranoia: I have a wifi locator and the seems to be a wifi network that follows me. Hidden network – Mac address ends 26?
My wifi finder shows me all the networks around me and on my travels the come in and then disappear as I drive by. There is 1 network that follows me and never disappears it called hidden network and it Mac address ends in a 26 the company maker I believe is abutiqe If I recall. Is this possible because is still folliwing me even 100 miles out???????

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Answer by my nickname
Someone probably used your laptop for something and created an AD-HOC network. It was probably just never deleted.

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