Networks Articles

Computers » Networks | By Anna Stenning @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 5:43 AM

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 allowing two or more machines or devices to communicate with each other at a fast rate of speed. The RJ45... more...

Computers » Networks | By Mehmet Onatli @ Friday, 12th September 2008 @ 12:39 PM

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 are several types of networks that are available in several different areas of the world. They have different capabilities depending on what type ... more...

Computers » Networks | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 5:23 AM

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 to cover small areas, such as a home or office or group of buildings (schools, warehouse, etc.), LANs have higher data-tr... more...

Computers » Networks | By Wayne Cutforth @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 6:52 AM

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 proxy that is hosted outside of the US and EU. This is because both jurisdictions have seriously compromised your privacy and can easily compel ISPs to relea... more...

Computers » Networks | By Michael Talbert @ Sunday, 17th August 2008 @ 11:59 PM

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 on an isolated segment using all inclusive analysis software to assess their impact on the network. Most companies have c... more...

Computers » Networks | By Gregory Smyth @ Monday, 4th August 2008 @ 11:22 AM

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 to five times higher than present networks, is one of those improvements. Also, reliability should be increased as a re... more...

Computers » Networks | By Gregory Smyth @ Friday, 1st August 2008 @ 6:51 PM

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 of business network security. However, considerable progress has not be... more...

Computers » Networks | By Benjamin Brook @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008 @ 11:00 PM

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 allow more then one computer in the home to share the same IP address, or Internet connection. This means that the computer users get to save a lot of money as they do not h... more...

Computers » Networks | By David Link @ Tuesday, 17th June 2008 @ 3:29 PM

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 Business, and they concluded that very few IT organizations had built the framework of People, Process and... more...

Computers » Networks | By Shaun Parker @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 9:13 AM

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 uninitiated this can be a very daunting task after all if you know very little about them then you are unlikely to be able to pick the right ones for your sp... more...