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Macro Systems has been serving the Metro Washington, DC area since 1997, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Benefits of Wired and Wireless Connections

Benefits of Wired and Wireless Connections

Everyone associated with your business is constantly connected to the Internet. You know how you can tell? Tell them the Wi-Fi is down for a couple of hours and see what their reaction is. With so much weighing on your ability to connect to the Internet you have to make a decision: Do you wire your connections to the web or do you deploy strong Wi-Fi and try to do it that way? 

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What to Consider to Keep Your Wireless Network Secure

What to Consider to Keep Your Wireless Network Secure

Your business has to promote security whenever it can. In terms of keeping your wireless connections secure, the thought behind it is that if unauthorized people and machines can access your network without protections, they can do whatever they want with the data on the network. This is a significant problem. Listed below are a few things you need to consider to keep your wireless network secure. 

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How to Set Up an Effective Wireless Network for Your Business

How to Set Up an Effective Wireless Network for Your Business

Your business depends on its bandwidth and its Internet connection to remain productive, part of which means ensuring that you have a reliable and stable wireless connection. How can you set up your network so that it is optimal and efficient? 

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Best Practices to Keep Your Wireless Networks Secure

Best Practices to Keep Your Wireless Networks Secure

Wireless security has become a cornerstone of working while on the go thanks to the availability of so many wireless networks to connect to. Listed below is a list of best practices to help ensure your wireless networks, and the devices connecting to them, are as secure as possible.

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How to Implement a Wi-Fi Platform for Your Business

How to Implement a Wi-Fi Platform for Your Business

Most modern businesses and homes heavily rely on their Wi-Fi. It offers a lot more flexibility and value than a wired connection in many instances simply because people utilize a lot of wireless devices these days. Modern wireless internet is easier to install, is faster than ever, and works to protect network security better than ever before, once it is set up correctly. Listed below are a few tips you should know on how to successfully implement a Wi-Fi platform. 

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The Difference Between Wired and Wireless Connections

The Difference Between Wired and Wireless Connections

The way your business utilizes and accesses data is changing. A short time ago, you couldn’t imagine that you would have a comprehensive strategy to keep data secure when sending and receiving it wirelessly, but modern wireless transmission methods have become more secure, reliable, and fast. Below we take a look at the difference between wired and wireless connections in the modern business.

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How to Maximize the Signal Strength of Your Router

How to Maximize the Signal Strength of Your Router

You’re probably still spending a lot of time at home, on the Internet. With so many still working remotely, and many educational institutions continuing remote learning, the strength of a household’s Wi-Fi signal is going to be imperative. Listed below are some tips to help you maximize the signal strength of your router.

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The Risks of Virtual Private Networks

The Risks of Virtual Private Networks

Small business owners are always searching for that “special something” that will provide added value to their offering. In 2020, with COVID-19 causing all kinds of chaos, it has been hard for businesses to commit to any new investments. To keep revenue coming in, a lot of businesses have been forced into letting their staff to work remotely. To make this work, many have rolled out VPN for their business, but like seemingly everything else, there are very serious risks about relying too heavily on your VPN. Listed below are a look at some of these risks.

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All You Need to Know About the Future of the Wi-Fi Hotspot

All You Need to Know About the Future of the Wi-Fi Hotspot

The establishment of Wi-Fi as a tool has been revolutionary for society. With mobile carriers instituting data caps, and more people utilizing mobile devices to access the ever-increasing ecosystem of content, Wi-Fi hotspots have become more than just convenient tools, they have become a staple for businesses and individuals from all over the world. 

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Tip of the Week: Why You Should Think Twice Before Connecting to Public Wi-Fi

Tip of the Week: Why You Should Think Twice Before Connecting to Public Wi-Fi

Wireless Internet signals, referred to most commonly as Wi-Fi, are commonplace in every office. Even organizations that don’t often need access to the Internet, like restaurants and coffee shops, have wireless connections available for customers to use. However, just because you can connect to free Wi-Fi, doesn’t necessarily mean that you should.

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Tip of the Week: 3 Simple Tricks to Resolve a Troublesome Wi-Fi Connection

Tip of the Week: 3 Simple Tricks to Resolve a Troublesome Wi-Fi Connection

The dreaded Wi-Fi dead zone: it’s a place where all wireless signal drops or becomes unstable, even though you could move three inches in either direction and you’ll have no problem. In this case, there’s usually something interfering with the signal, be it a wall or another device. We’ll walk you through some of the basic troubleshooting tips that you can use to resolve your connection troubles.

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How to Reduce the Risk of Utilizing Public Wi-Fi

How to Reduce the Risk of Utilizing Public Wi-Fi

There will probably be a moment during your life where you absolutely require Wi-Fi and the only option will be a public connection. This may be problematic because a public Wi-Fi connection is far from secure for business purposes. A method to increase productivity without compromising security is needed for every business that has employees (especially employees working remotely), but what’s the best way to do it?

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Planning Your Holiday Travels? Have A Plan For Productivity

Planning Your Holiday Travels? Have A Plan For Productivity

Back to school is upon us and then it’s a hop, skip, and jump until the holidays arrive. With more companies allowing their employees to work remotely, holiday travel will mean that people are going to be taking their work on the road with them. Preventing credit card and identity theft has been a priority for shoppers during the season for many years. It’s important that the same security considerations be given to technology being used for business while traveling.

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