Successful And Honest Internet Marketers - Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people decide to look into the possibility of working from home. This happens on a daily basis. Some of these individuals are quite computer savvy while others have no formal education. These people are simply following a dream.

Unlike being hired in some positions in the secular job market, the amount of education that one has, or does not have, is really not a great determining factor on whether one fails or becomes a success on the internet. There are numerous successful internet marketers who do not have a high school diploma. And, there are those who have a wonderful college degree and have failed miserably as an internet marketer. Success and internet marketing survival are not based on education.

There are common traits that successful internet marketers have, namely:
They are people who are willing to learn.
They are people who endeavor to develop the needed skills that would equal success.
They are people with positive attitudes.
They are self starters

The desire to better yourself and the ambitious willingness to do the hard work needed to achieve are the two of the three essential ingredients of internet marketing success. The third ingredient? Honesty!

Successful and HONEST internet marketers are one in a thousand.? If you are just starting out walking the internet marketing 'learning curve journey road' you will soon discover the multitude of under-handed, crooked marketers that seem to suddenly come out of the woodwork, attempting to take advantage of you and your desire to begin your work at home internet marketing career.

You can become a successful internet marketer if you are willing to put in the energy, effort, time and yes, the money that is required. However, remember this: a successful internet business will not be created over night, it sometimes come with pain and it's not easy! Anybody who tries to make you believe otherwise is simply lying to you, preying upon your ambition! They are internet birds of prey, the buzzards, looking to pick your bank account clean.

More helpful information can be found at: http://www.work-at-home.com

Remember:
Overnight fortunes are never made overnight!
Fortunes, whether online or offline, are products of a lot of hard work!
One of the first lessons you will have to learn is how to spot 'hype.'
There are no shortcuts to having a successful internet marketing business.
If you are an internet 'newbie' you are going to need a mentor who provides a good internet marketing instructional course or home study course.

There are several instructional courses on the internet, some are very good, while others are worthless. You need to know how to spot the difference. Some of the best guidance you can get will come from you, yourself! As you read over the 'latest and greatest' offer ever to come your way, just answer the following questions honestly:

Is this information something that I really need? and not just want??BR> Can I do some more research and find this information myself? (This might surprise you!)
Is there a guarantee with this offer? (Move on if there isn't!)
Can this information really help me?
Is this information what it really?appears to be?
Will I need to spend even more more to make this information work for me?
Do I have the needed computer skills to understand and utilize this information?
Does the information on the sales page (the advertisement) sound too good to be true? (It might be!)

There is a familiar saying Politics makes strange bedfellows.? Trust me when I say this: So called internet guru's make even stranger bedfellows!?Be HONEST! Work hard and long term success will certainly follow! ~Ms.CiCi~ http://www.cici-online.com

Ms. CiCi, has a gift of teaching, is an accomplished author and world traveler who enjoys sharing her life's experiences with others, making their life, their world a bit easier. Her writings expose her wealth of "secret information" so derived from her travels as well as drawing from her own personal wealth of wisdom. A great lover of nature, a visit to her website is a true delight. http://www.CiCi-Online.Com

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If you followed along with the first article, then you are ready to set-up your PC to access the secure wireless connection.

This article does not go into hardening your PC against other threats, you should always make sure you are using a firewall, virus scanner and/or spam blocking software.

Now that you have successfully configured your LinkSys WRT54GC the next step is to configure your PC so that you can access the secured connection.

This is easy to do, and only requires a few additional steps.

First you should have an icon on your status bar that looks like a computer - it shows the wireless network connection. When you move your mouse over top of it, you should see the wireless information for the connection.

Since your connection will not be established, there may be an X or SLASH through the icon. Not to worry, setting up this connection is very easy.

First step is to double-click on the icon. This will bring up the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS window.

Next on this window, click on the PROPERTIES button. This will display another window that reads WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION PROPERTIES on the window bar.

Click on the tab that reads WIRELESS NETWORKS.

Since your network should already be set-up, you can highlight the entry and click on the PROPERTIES button - it will light-up once you select your network.

On this screen and this tab (marked ASSOCIATION) there will be several fields, one of which is called Network name (SSID). This field is not accessible, but will list the name of your network.

Then there is another block of options under WIRELESS NETWORK KEY. This is what you need to update in order to access your secured wireless network.

The first item is the NETWORK AUTHENTICATION. Provided youve kept your PC updated and have all the latest updates and patches, when you click on this list box you will have several options available to you: OPEN, SHARED, WPA and WPA-PSK.

Select the one that you used on your LinkSys WRT54GC wireless access point. Chances are if you followed part 1 of this article then you should select WPA-PSK.

Next you will select the DATA ENCRYPTION method. Choices available to you will be: TKIP or AES.

Once again you will select the one which you selected on your LinkSys WRT54GC wireless access point. TKIP and AES are both as strong, however AES may slow down your internet connection from your PC to the access point since it goes through more encryption methods.

In my experiences I have noticed that when I use TKIP I retain a 108 Mbps speed to the access point, whereas with AES it drops in half to 54 Mbps. However Ive decided to stay with AES.

Once you have selected the appropriate DATE ENCRYPTION method the next step is to select the NETWORK KEY and enter this into two spots: NETWORK KEY and CONFIRM NETWORK KEY.

The network key is the SAME key you entered into your wireless access point (the LinkSys WRT54GC). If this is a long string and youve saved the string (not recommended for long-term, only during your initial set-up and configuration) then you can simply CUT the string from the document and PASTE it into the required fields! Otherwise you will need to manually type in the 63 character string - which may not be an easy task to complete.

Enter the string into the required fields - NETWORK KEY and CONFIRM NETWORK KEY then click on the OK button.

When the previous window opens up (WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION PROPERTIES) click the OK button again.

Finally click CLOSE on the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS.

It may take a few seconds to a few minutes for your PC to synchronize to the access point, however once it does you will be able to surf the web securely between your PC and your access point. As well, it will be very difficult for the average individual to hack into your wireless connection and steal your broadband access!

It really is that simple, that everyone should be protecting their wireless connection. Not only are you ensuring nobody can use your broadband access, but data that is sent between your PC an the access point is secured as well - you wont be sending out your account details un-encrypted anymore just waiting for someone with the smarts to capture that data and use it for their own means.

Before we finish, would you like to see how many secured or unsecured connections are in your area? Yes, you can see this easily with Windows own tools. Double-click on the icon we mentioned earlier in this article. This will bring up the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS window.

Click on the VIEW WIRELESS NETWORKS button.

If youve done everything correctly you will not see your connection in the list but you will see all the other connections around you (for those individuals that did not disable the broadcast of their SSID) plus youll be able to see who has encrypted their connection fully and who is using basic encryption.

Those that are using WPA or stronger - those will be tough to crack or hack into. Those that are not - with the right tools (all available freely over the Internet) you could access their wireless connection with a bit of work and steal their broadband access (though I highly recommend that you do not).

Setting the appropriate security measures is very easy, and just common sense. Like you would not leave your bank statement in a public place - you should ensure that your computer(s) are secured to prevent your private information being given to the public.

Get more information about adware, spyware, malware and viruses plus information on wireless wifi theft and securing your wireless connection at http://www.free-adware-spyware-virus-removal.com

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If you followed along with the first article, then you are ready to set-up your PC to access the secure wireless connection.

This article does not go into hardening your PC against other threats, you should always make sure you are using a firewall, virus scanner and/or spam blocking software.

Now that you have successfully configured your LinkSys WRT54GC the next step is to configure your PC so that you can access the secured connection.

This is easy to do, and only requires a few additional steps.

First you should have an icon on your status bar that looks like a computer - it shows the wireless network connection. When you move your mouse over top of it, you should see the wireless information for the connection.

Since your connection will not be established, there may be an X or SLASH through the icon. Not to worry, setting up this connection is very easy.

First step is to double-click on the icon. This will bring up the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS window.

Next on this window, click on the PROPERTIES button. This will display another window that reads WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION PROPERTIES on the window bar.

Click on the tab that reads WIRELESS NETWORKS.

Since your network should already be set-up, you can highlight the entry and click on the PROPERTIES button - it will light-up once you select your network.

On this screen and this tab (marked ASSOCIATION) there will be several fields, one of which is called Network name (SSID). This field is not accessible, but will list the name of your network.

Then there is another block of options under WIRELESS NETWORK KEY. This is what you need to update in order to access your secured wireless network.

The first item is the NETWORK AUTHENTICATION. Provided youve kept your PC updated and have all the latest updates and patches, when you click on this list box you will have several options available to you: OPEN, SHARED, WPA and WPA-PSK.

Select the one that you used on your LinkSys WRT54GC wireless access point. Chances are if you followed part 1 of this article then you should select WPA-PSK.

Next you will select the DATA ENCRYPTION method. Choices available to you will be: TKIP or AES.

Once again you will select the one which you selected on your LinkSys WRT54GC wireless access point. TKIP and AES are both as strong, however AES may slow down your internet connection from your PC to the access point since it goes through more encryption methods.

In my experiences I have noticed that when I use TKIP I retain a 108 Mbps speed to the access point, whereas with AES it drops in half to 54 Mbps. However Ive decided to stay with AES.

Once you have selected the appropriate DATE ENCRYPTION method the next step is to select the NETWORK KEY and enter this into two spots: NETWORK KEY and CONFIRM NETWORK KEY.

The network key is the SAME key you entered into your wireless access point (the LinkSys WRT54GC). If this is a long string and youve saved the string (not recommended for long-term, only during your initial set-up and configuration) then you can simply CUT the string from the document and PASTE it into the required fields! Otherwise you will need to manually type in the 63 character string - which may not be an easy task to complete.

Enter the string into the required fields - NETWORK KEY and CONFIRM NETWORK KEY then click on the OK button.

When the previous window opens up (WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION PROPERTIES) click the OK button again.

Finally click CLOSE on the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS.

It may take a few seconds to a few minutes for your PC to synchronize to the access point, however once it does you will be able to surf the web securely between your PC and your access point. As well, it will be very difficult for the average individual to hack into your wireless connection and steal your broadband access!

It really is that simple, that everyone should be protecting their wireless connection. Not only are you ensuring nobody can use your broadband access, but data that is sent between your PC an the access point is secured as well - you wont be sending out your account details un-encrypted anymore just waiting for someone with the smarts to capture that data and use it for their own means.

Before we finish, would you like to see how many secured or unsecured connections are in your area? Yes, you can see this easily with Windows own tools. Double-click on the icon we mentioned earlier in this article. This will bring up the WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION STATUS window.

Click on the VIEW WIRELESS NETWORKS button.

If youve done everything correctly you will not see your connection in the list but you will see all the other connections around you (for those individuals that did not disable the broadcast of their SSID) plus youll be able to see who has encrypted their connection fully and who is using basic encryption.

Those that are using WPA or stronger - those will be tough to crack or hack into. Those that are not - with the right tools (all available freely over the Internet) you could access their wireless connection with a bit of work and steal their broadband access (though I highly recommend that you do not).

Setting the appropriate security measures is very easy, and just common sense. Like you would not leave your bank statement in a public place - you should ensure that your computer(s) are secured to prevent your private information being given to the public.

Get more information about adware, spyware, malware and viruses plus information on wireless wifi theft and securing your wireless connection at http://www.free-adware-spyware-virus-removal.com

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