| In the first two parts to this article
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| | shell out £75 on one yourself.
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| series I discussed how to go about
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| | At this point all you and your friends
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| getting broadband internet for student
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| | need to do is plug in a wireless adaptor
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| housing, when you strike out on your own
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| | to your PC and sometimes you won't even
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| in your second year you are left to find
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| | have to do that since most modern laptops
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| your own provider with most landlord
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| | have built in wireless cards. In some
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| treating internet supplies as a luxury.
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| | student houses you may find the signal
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| This guide has shown how to get the
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| | gets pretty weak the further you are from
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| telephone line activated in yours and
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| | the access point, in which case it would
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| your housemate's names and how to look
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| | be best to invest in a Wireless N router.
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| for broadband suppliers. The second part
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| | Different generations of broadband
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| discussed what steps to take in order to
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| | routers provide different levels of
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| let your new broadband provider take over
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| | strength, in most cases the previous
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| from the previous tenant's provider.
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| | generation, Wireless G would be
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| Now in this final part I'll cover what
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| | sufficient and fairly cheap to get for a
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| steps you'll need to do in order to make
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| | typical house, however if you're finding
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| sure that the single internet connection
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| | the signal isn't reaching everyone in
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| in your house is distributed to everyone
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| | your house then you may have to invest in
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| who lives in your house through wireless
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| | a wireless N router and adaptors.
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| networks. I'll go into how to get
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| | The only remaining issue is the security
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| everyone online and make sure no one
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| | of your network, you want to pay for
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| steals your internet!
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| | yours and your housemate's internet, not
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| Now you've sorted your connection out now
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| | for your next door neighbours, so
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| you need to go about sharing the internet
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| | securing your wireless network is vital
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| amongst all the residents. This is
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| | in order to limit who can connect to your
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| typically done by plugging your modem
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| | network.
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| into a router instead of a single
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| | The easiest way to protect your network
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| computer, in the past these things used
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| | is to lock it down with a private key;
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| to mean trailing wires everywhere to
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| | this essentially puts a password on your
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| connect all the computers to the wired
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| | internet access which only the authorised
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| router. If you're a student and you're
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| | people know. In a student-filled area
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| coming in at stupid o'clock in the
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| | this is vital since if people can get
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| morning, stumbling in the dark is going
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| | something without paying for it then
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| to be made more treacherous with all
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| | they'll surely try their luck. I've
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| these cables lying everywhere and is
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| | known people who've connected to
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| bound to cause a bruise or two; thank god
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| | unprotected networks as well as people
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| for wireless routers!
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| | who have had people trying to use their
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| Wireless routers do the same job as a
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| | internet without asking. If someone uses
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| wired one but don't have the cables
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| | your internet then it may end up
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| encroaching throughout your house. Plus
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| | experiencing a drop in speed which is
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| there's no limit to the amount of devices
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| | definitely not something you'd want.
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| that can connect to the access point too,
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| | One issue you may find with sharing a low
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| you aren't restricted to five connections
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| | speed connection is that it may not be
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| which is great for modern computers as
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| | quick enough to provide acceptable speeds
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| many people will now have a computer and
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| | to all the people connected so you may
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| maybe a video games console that connects
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| | end up having to look into upgrading your
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| to the internet too. Some broadband
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| | speed. Use a broadband speed test to see
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| suppliers offer routers as a part of
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| | if you're getting an acceptable speed, if
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| broadband deals so keep an eye out for
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| | not then your house may need an upgrade!
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| these offers; they can save you having to
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