From the category archives:

Networking

What is a switch?

January 21, 2009

There are several differences between hubs and switches. These differences can increase the performance of your network. The performance increase has to do with how data is transmitted between the computers on your network. Hubs broadcast the same information to everyone that is plugged into them. Switches however, establish a direct connection to the receiving [...]

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What is a hub?

January 21, 2009

A hub is a relatively small piece of hardware that is used in conjunction with a computer network. On the back, it includes several Ethernet ports in which the networked computers are plugged into. Installation is extremely easy in that you simply plug your existing router into the back of the hub and then proceed [...]

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What is NAS

January 12, 2009

As prices have continued to fall on storage as well as grow exponentially larger over the past few year’s, more and more people are looking for way’s to make their data either mobile, or at the very least, easily accessible from there home computer/business network. This is where NAS (Network Attached Storage) comes into play. [...]

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Default User Name and Password for some popular routers

January 5, 2009

There are hundreds of different routers and modems that require a user name and password to login to them. It’s funny, because you never know them until you need them. Seems like you fix your problem and then forget what the default login was and have to look them up again. Below, i have listed [...]

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How to get the IP Address of your Router

January 5, 2009

Your routers IP address

When your computer connects to the internet, it must know the IP address of the router, or it can’t connect. Since it must know the IP address of the router, you can easily retrieve it using a simple DOS command called ipconfig.
To retrieve the IP address of your router, use the following [...]

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Connect Multiple Computer’s to Broadband

January 2, 2009

Free Internet setup from your cable or dsl company 99% of the time includes setup of one computer to the Internet. Which means they plug in your modem and run an Ethernet cable from the back of your computer into the router, make sure it connects to the Internet and their done. Well now-a-days, a [...]

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Connect to a Network Printer in Windows XP

December 31, 2008

There are two different types of printer configurations, one being a local printer. A local printer is attached to one computer and can print from only that computer. A network computer however is connected to a computer that is attached to a network in either a home or business. When you have a setup like [...]

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Share a printer in Windows XP across your network.

December 31, 2008

When you have a house or even an office full of computer’s, and only one printer, sometimes it can be a hassle to print what you need.  You either must go with a jump drive to the computer that the printer is attached to, or take the time to email yourself what you need printed [...]

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