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GEN: computing skills/needs, etc.From: Garry E. Siegel (garrys@mindspring.ocm)Sun Jul 30 09:27:38 2000
For those of you who know what they are doing, I would appreciate a bit of off list (private email) advice. Like a lot of people, I just dial up the internet from either one of two home PCs, or a laptop at work. All computers have older anti-virus programs, none of which get regularly updated by downloads. We don't back any of these things up on zip drives, although I do back up Quicken (home checkbook) religiously. I continue to have the desire to get to DSL at home (it is available--many vendors) and to network the home computers, having the ability to add a third home computer on the network. Here are the questions: 1. Do people have anti-virus programs running, and do they pay for monthly updates (looks like $20/year for Norton and McAfee)? 2. Which kind--Norton, McAfee, or other? 3. If I am not on DSL, do I need a firewall? If so, whose? 4. Any opinion on how to network at home--obviously, I need someone to come into my house and either set up a wireless one, or run wires in the walls. BTW, the DSL companies say they won't hook up if there is a network, so I guess I should get DSL first, then network. 5. Would it be smarter to just limp along now with dial-up, and let a little more time pass before jumping ahead? I'm not trying to throw money away, but if I had to spend a few hundred or a bit more to accomplishe these goals, and they would service my house for a good while, then it would be worth it. Any help would be appreciated. Garry
-- Garry E. Siegel, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Private Practice Roswell, GA
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