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How to Set Up Your Home Network

February 2nd, 2010



If you have multiple gadgets you use at home and would like to get them connected to increase their productivity and efficiency, what are the options you have? There are many questions which pop up- how to set up a home network? Is it safe? Is it expensive? Can home networking be maintained hassle free? Would I be able to fix any networking issue which arises in future? Home Networking allows you to connect all your computers to the Internet through a single connection. Are you planning to build or rebuild an existing home network? It doesn’t have to be tough or complicated, if you use our product.

A home network is a residential local area network used for communication between digital devices deployed at home such as personal computers, printers etc. Most of the computers have inbuilt networking capabilities. A home network allows connecting and sharing various digital devices at home. You can set up a home network with or without internet access using various combination’s of computer hardware and software.

With the advancement in technology, it has become extremely convenient to set up home networking which allows you to connect and share the digital devices you use at home and be in full control of your network. The available software allows you not only to add new devices to your home network but also allows you troubleshoot networking issues and also learn how to avoid such issues in future. It also makes your home networking safe by prohibiting unauthorised access to your files and documents stored on your computer.

Our Software product is focused on creating, managing, and securing everything related to your home network, devices, and computers. The software comes with an interactive tool which helps you set up your home networking by guiding you through a step by step process. The software wizard helps you to set up a home networking allowing you to share your printers, your files, your internet connection as well as all your other devices across all of your different computers. It will not only help you set up your home network but at the same time help you secure it. To make things simple, the software comes along with step by step videos to do it all by yourself in a few minutes. It works for both PCs and Macs allowing you to set up your home network irrespective of the computer you use.

How many times have you found yourself in a situation where you wished you could access the other computer at home to retrieve a file or use a printer attached to the other PC, play multi-player computer games, or most importantly share your broadband Internet access with the other PC ? You can do all this and more by setting up home networking. You can share Internet access or files and documents with everyone in your house, when you set up a fast and easy home networking. It helps you to unlock the true power of your computer.

By: Amaan Goyal

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Choosing the Right Wireless Network Components

December 12th, 2009



The most important step in building a wireless network is selecting the right components. Before you set out for the electronics store in search of the parts and pieces you need, you may want to review my previous articles about planning your network and what standards there are to choose from.

Typically, you are only searching for three types of equipment if you establishing a wireless network for you personal computers to share files, share devices (such as a printer) and establish a connection between your home or office and the outside world (Internet access). You may need several of one or more of these but your selection really comes down to deciding upon these three things.

Network Interface Adapter

The protocol (simply the language standard of a communication method) used in connectivity between computers and printers on a network in your home or at your office is known as Ethernet. What is confusing is that this is the language standard but it is not method by which the components communicate. Therefore, there must be some intermediary device that can translate these internal component communications and the Ethernet protocol. These devices are known simply as a network interface adapter. You probably know this by another name. Commonly referred to as a network interface card (NIC) this device is installed in or to your computer and provides the connectivity to the Ethernet network. A desktop PC’s NIC is usually a card that is installed inside the case and inserted into one of the slots on your system’s motherboard. More and more, this functionality is being built into the mother board of desktop PCs and is usually an integral component on portable PCs.

Access Point

A wireless access point, also known as a base station, is a device that provides a translation and handles protocol conversion from the wired side of your inbound Internet connection (usually a DSL or Cable Modem) and the wireless side of your network. This is a must in order to create a wireless network.

Sometimes, the access point may be an installed component of a DSL or Cable modem and/or router putting all of these components in one, easy to install and manage device. Having these components bundled can provide a better value as it will be more cost effective when combined with functions of other components that you have decided to include in your wireless network:

Hub or Switch – A hub is device that provides a physical connection for wired pc’s in a network. A switch is sometimes referred to as an intelligent hub that adds traffic management capability.

Router – A device that allows multiple computers to share a single Internet connection. As mentioned, some routers can include built-in a broadband modem and wireless access in one device

Wireless Network Interface Adapter

This device is similar to a NIC but provides wireless functionality. More and more computers are being built with this device already included as the popularity of wireless networks continue to grow.

By: Jeff Runyon

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