While project management can be quite a flexible job and different managers take different approaches to guiding their team, there are a few key areas where a lot of project managers miss the mark. With complex IT projects there is a lot that can go wrong and without a clear and decided game plan a … [Read more...]
Must Have WI-FI Router Features for the Office
The router is one of the most important pieces of hardware on a network. This is the device that basically shares the connection to the Internet among all the devices on the network. Another feature that many routers have is wireless access. If you are looking for Wi-Fi router then this article will … [Read more...]
Planning for Proper VoIP Deployment
Voice over IP, or VoIP, is becoming more popular as companies are leveraging its ability to reduce costs and ease of deployment. The technology allows you to communicated over existing broadband connections. However, you need proper planning and network preparation before deploying VoIP – here are … [Read more...]
Technology Comparison
The table below compares the four home networking technologies described previously, identifying some of the important factors to consider in selecting a solution: Phoneline Powerline Ethernet Wireless Speed 100 Kbit/s - 10 Mbit/s 50 Kbit/s - 350 … [Read more...]
Wireless Networks
As with the others, the technology for wireless networks has also been around for some time, achieving a measure of success during the late 1990s in a number of vertical markets, including health-care, retail and manufacturing. Home networking … [Read more...]
IEEE 802.11 – The new standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ratified the original 802.11 specification in 1997 as the standard for WLANs. That version of 802.11 provided for 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s data rates and a set of fundamental signalling … [Read more...]
Power-line Networks
Powerline networking is another technology to take advantage of unused bandwidth on an existing system of home circuitry. It operates similarly to a phoneline network. Internal or external network adapters are installed in each PC, which are … [Read more...]
Phone-line Networks
Phoneline networking takes advantage of unused transmission capacity to transmit data over existing telephone wires. They transmit information at frequencies well above that of plain old telephone service (POTS) or digital services like ISDN … [Read more...]
Ethernet Networks
To adapt the technology for the consumer market, Ethernet home network vendors have designed networking kits - consisting of low-cost network adapters, an inexpensive non-managed hub and simple configuration software - to make the technology easier to … [Read more...]
Home Networking
With the price of PCs falling at the same time the advantages for consumers to being connected - online investing and shopping, keeping in touch with long-distance friends and relatives, enjoying multiplayer games and tapping the vast resources of … [Read more...]