Networks Articles

Computers » Networks | By Gregg Hall @ Sunday, 19th October 2008

How many computers do you have at home? How many of those are in use? Do you have a number of computer users as well? One in the study, couple in the kid\'s room, one for the kitchen, if you have more than two computers and computer users in your home then you may try networking all the computers. What are [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Wayne Cutforth @ Wednesday, 15th October 2008

A proxy server is specifically used by individuals surfing the Internet to wish to retain a degree of privacy. It is basically something that sits between a user computer and the Internet. When the user makes a request to access a website, all requests are first of all passed to the proxy server who makes the request on behalf of [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Anna Stenning @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008

One of the most important accessories for networking computers together, are RJ45 cables. These cables have been around for many years, with some of these used for telephone sockets and dial-up internet connection (assuming one has a dial-up connection these days!). These are basically connectors which are not only useful for transferring data and information, but are also useful for [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Mehmet Onatli @ Friday, 12th September 2008

What exactly is a computer network? Well it\'s were you are connected to several computers at once. There are several different kinds of computer networks out there, such as Local area network or LAN, Personal area network or PAN, Campus Area Network or CAN, Metropolitan are network or MAN, and a Wide area network or WAN. You can see there [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008

In the late 1960\'s as large college universities and several research labs gained an ever increasing amount of computers, the need for interconnections that worked at high-speed was great, and the pressure was on. It was not until the mid 1970\'s that an answer to the demand was created, they called it LAN. LAN stands for Local-Area Network, with the ability [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Wayne Cutforth @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008

What is a free proxy? A free proxy is basically a piece of hardware or software that sits in between your computer and the Internet. It handles all communications on your behalf, allowing you to remain anonymous to the outside world. You can easily find a proxy online by using Google or another search engine. If you can, use a secure [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Michael Talbert @ Sunday, 17th August 2008

Whether you plan to use an MSP for ongoing operations, or you feel the IT staff is sufficiently trained to handle it in house, failure to have the proper management tools can evaporate your ROI through network outages and costly troubleshooting practices. Software patches and vendor upgrades can wreak havoc in a production environment, and should always be tested first [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Gregory Smyth @ Monday, 4th August 2008

There are lots of features that have commanded attention from the 802.11n new wireless draft standard. The major benefit of 802.11n is improved experience for the end-user in terms of data, voice and video. This new wireless standard has the ability to provide improvements in service not undergone before. The rise in throughput or connection speed, which appears to be up [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Gregory Smyth @ Friday, 1st August 2008

Next Generation Networks (NGN) provide the end-user with a more complete set of applications, generating a network platform, which permits for the fast formulation of new services without requiring to introduce new infrastructure. Noticeable improvement has been attained in standardizing architecture of NGN and implementation of protocol in a number of dissimilar standards bodies. This has lead to substantial progress [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Benjamin Brook @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008

When you are thinking about whether or not your home is in need of broadband routers, you need to make sure that you are looking at all of the information that is out there. With so many homes having more than one computer, it is basically a must have and something that a home should not be without. Broadband routers [more...]

Computers » Networks | By David Link @ Tuesday, 17th June 2008

Well of course there IS an \"I\" in Monitoring! Actually there are two of them. However this very simple concept is often forgotten and quite difficult to accomplish while effectively running IT Operations. I was reminded of this while attending the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando last October. Gartner analysts talked about the maturity model for running IT Operations as a [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Shaun Parker @ Thursday, 29th May 2008

Network cables are extremely important items in the modern world. It is scary to think of it but they are responsible for the transfer of all kinds of data across the whole of the world. The network cables are primarily used for intranet connections in an office and finding the right cables for your office is very important. For the [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Amy Nutt @ Tuesday, 27th May 2008

A dedicated server is a powerful server that is just for your website or business and no one else. This means that your server is not shared with others like shared hosting is. It is ideal for those who need reliability, high performance, better security, and the websites that are being operated are at an enterprise-level. In other words, a [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Benjamin Brook @ Sunday, 25th May 2008

Ethernet routers are a key component of your home computer system if you have many devices that need to be connected to your computer. For example, printers, modems, other computers and game consoles. Having Ethernet routers at home is a good way to connect all these devices seamlessly into one machine and the Internet. Usually you can connect up to [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Benjamin Brook @ Tuesday, 20th May 2008

Who says that long distance calls are costly? If you happen to know about these voip routers, you might just change your thoughts on the issue. With the arrival of the latest technology, the entire scenario pertaining to communication has changed. A more efficient and inexpensive way of communicating evolved through time; and its use typically cuts your bill to [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Ajeet Khurana @ Wednesday, 23rd April 2008

Many people are finding that the way to run their business is through remote infrastructure management. This allows for individuals to run their business or their system even when they are away from it. This is like having a service desk on the line at all times and ensuring that your networks are running properly 24 hours a day. This seems [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Kenneth Scott @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008

When you buy wireless equipment, you want to make sure that everything you buy will work in your house with the computer(s) you already have and over the distances required. Before you spend any money on equipment, consider the following issues. Find out about the construction of your walls. In theory, wireless technology is capable of passing through walls and [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Daniel Johansson @ Wednesday, 16th January 2008

Small to medium enterprises can spend a lot of time and money researching what hardware and software is best suited to their office environment. One popular method is to control all IT capabilities in-house, which involves an aggressive spend and on-board expertise in order to do so. Another solution is to employ an IT support company, which often involves reduced [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Wolfgang Jaegel @ Wednesday, 16th January 2008

Over the past decade, organizations of all stripes have experienced phenomenal growth in the data volumes they must manage in order to compete and win in a challenging and dynamic marketplace. Traditionally, organizations employed corporate messaging and business applications in order to foster employee productivity and manage critical corporate information. These had relatively modest information requirements. The arrival of the [more...]

Computers » Networks | By Amy Nutt @ Friday, 14th December 2007

Load balancing, by definition, is the process of spreading the amount of work that is conducted by a computer system between a number of different computer systems to increase the speed that the work is completed in. There are several different methods in which load balancing can be accomplished by and the technique can use many different types of [more...]