Archive for the ‘Networks’ Category
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
CiscoBuy asked: A router is a hardware networking device, a combination of hardware and software that performs the task of routing and forwarding information across the network. This "information" is composed IP "packets", digital snippets of data. On the internet, all information is directed to and fro by routers.Cisco Systems ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
Dave Page asked: Wireless networks have become incredibly popular – so much so that virtually all new laptop computers have wireless network cards included as part of a set of standard features. As a matter of fact, customers will offer salespeople a strange, blank look if wireless networking is not ...
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Pranay Rupani asked: Networks of the future will be worlds apart from today's relatively mundane ones that simply carry packets from one end to the other. With the explosion of Peer-To-Peer (pc-to-pc direct data transfer), high definition video streaming and ubiquitous computing projects like Internet are looking at a scenario ...
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Matt Smith asked: Cisco Router SelectionWith the constant evolution and change of the Cisco Router selection, it can be a tricky task to keep up-to-date. Do you know the current models of routers and more to the point do you know which Cisco router to choose?Like us and many other ...
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Richard n Williams asked: A Guide to NTP and Computer Network Time SynchronisationThis article explains Network Time Protocol (NTP) and how it is used in the synchronisation of networks.Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols. In use for over 25 years, NTP is still under development ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Brooke Yan asked: A network allows a single broadband account to be shared throughout the home. Unfortunately, such networking is impractical with dial-up Internet service--one of several reasons you might want to consider broadband.WHAT'S AVAILABLEHome networking is getting a boost from improvements in the range, speed, and cost of wireless ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Don Willson asked: When I first started in computers, one of the most confusing things that I ran across was how to set up a home network. The differences between hubs, routers, Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and cabling were a mystery to me. But after much trial and error and ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Joseph Nyamache asked: Many people have relatively uncomplicated needs for their home networks. Even now that multiple computers within a single home are common, the systems are often not networked, with file transfer being done by means of "sneaker net", or copying files to and from a CD or by ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Joseph Nyamache asked: Not too many years ago, no one ever thought of having more than one computer in the home. Now that we are so dependent upon them, it is a common thing for home to have multiple computers. Before the blink of an eye, there are seven computers ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Zahid Mahmood asked: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI and Token Ring often referred to as traditional LAN, and they are sharing media, sharing of bandwidth shared LAN. In order to increase bandwidth, often using a network router division, will be divided into a network of more than one paragraph, each of ...
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