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RfWeL offers free live
workshops on various wireless topics of interest. Below is the current months
featured topic. If you have any specific questions, would like to organize
a complimentary session or to find time of next session please contact us at email on right with area of interest.
Location: located in our
Gilbert retail store.
May
Featured Workshop Topic:
Remote
High Speed Internet based on 3G EvDo (Sprint/Alltel)
We will cover such topics as:
- What you need to get started and what exactly is
EvDo & 1xRTT that you get when you purchase a Sprint
or Alltel aircard (internet card)
- What speeds and coverage to expect
- The numerous possibilities you haven't thought
of that open up with a remote high speed internet
e.g remote surveillance, unlimited internet phone (VOIP)
anywhere, low cost GPS navigation solutions etc
- Mobile routers that convert cellular data based
EvDo to regular 802.11g WiFi signals - i.e Wireless
routers that use an aircard to connect to the
internet.
- How to extend the range of your remote high
speed internet using WiFi high gain antennas &
cellular amplifiers/repeaters & booster antennas;
pros & cons
- Competing technologies e.g Cingulars HSDPA, WiMax
& evolution of EvDO Rev0 networks.
April Featured Workshop Topic:
Wireless
Network Security
We will cover such topics as:
- Why it's not such a good idea to hog your
neighbors WiFi
- How to prevent your neighbors from hogging your
WiFi and why you should care
- Multilayered approach to wireless network
security including SSID naming, broadcasting & it's
limitations, MAC filtering & spoofing, WEP/WPA
configuration, IP address selection, Radio Frequency
channel selection.
- The evil "Evil-Twin" attack and how to safeguard
against it.
- What else can you do to reduce your vulnerability.
Contact us at email on left if you want to hear
about a certain topic not included above. Workshops
start every half hour depending on quorum present.
For more wireless information visit our
support forum more
May '07 Featured Workshop Topic: (Note location change to Gilbert
Public Library -- see flyer)
Setting
Up Parental Control w/ your Wireless Router
We will cover such topics as:
- How to setup filters based on time, computer and
internet sites
- How to add keywords
- How to read and interpret logs and setup alerts
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