I suggest you buy one that will provide the best possible signal and the most reasonable cost. Manufacturers that make quality products are Netgear, D-Link and Belkin.
I read an article in the June 2006 Computer Shopper that recommended the Netgear WPNT934 RangeMax 240. The list price is around $200 and they seem to be selling on-line for closer to $100. We have been buying Netgear PCMCIA wi-fi cards for several years and have had good success with them. According to the article it was about the fastest routers available, especially at short range.
I search to find a reputable supplier with reasonable prices. You can find a link on our Affiliates Accessories Page if you want to buy one.
The best way to help your kids with porn is to educate them about what it is all about. The onus is on you the parent to communicate with your children. There is no foolproof methods to prevent your children from viewing porn on-line, but one method that can reduce the onslaught is to install a filter on the laptop with special software.
These filters won't allow you to type sex, porn or other sexually related words into a search engine. It also can have the inadvertent effect of stopping legitimate searches.
The programs allow parents many configuration choices that can block porn, gambling and other sites. Filters come with preset lists of Web addresses that they block, to which parents can add sites.
Some programs to consider are:
SafeEyes which includes content control, usage logging, time control and usage alert for Instant Messages, Internet Programs and Websites and costs $50 a year.
Anti-Porn by TuEagles is similar and priced at $39.95.
NetNanny by LookSmart has been around for years and costs $3.50 a month.
Two other ways to detect sleazy sites are services offered by SiteAdvisor and Scandoo. Macafee's Scandoo uses a real-time scanning system to find bad sites while SiteAdvisor maintains a comprehensive database of bad sites. You can learn more about siteadvisor at: . and download it from their website. Scandoo provides a search window from their website, and is free.
