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Computers » Networks | By Michael Talbert @ Tuesday, 6th November 2007 @ 7:48 PM

A major shift in telecommunications from circuit to packet switched technology, along with increasing sophistication of the corporate LAN/WAN, is prompting businesses of all sizes to consider merging their voice and data networks. Increased bandwidth availability through gigabit Ethernet and fiber trunk lines allow for telephony to be treated as any other application on the IP network, albeit a very needy one. Whereas the main motivation for individual consumers to make the switch to VoI... more...

Computers » Networks | By Kip Goldhammer @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 12:31 AM

Structured wiring is a new, but very important concept in the residential construction industry. In fact just as one does not buy a home without any indoor plumbing or central heating today, pretty soon, no one will buy a home without any structured wiring. With structured writing, it is possible to interconnect PCs and printers around the house so that there is file sharing and the possibility of sending information from one PC to another room or printer. In addition to connectivity bet... more...

Computers » Networks | By Luigi Castagna @ Wednesday, 10th October 2007 @ 12:01 PM

When a single server serves pages for many websites, each with its own domain name then this type of hosting is known as shared hosting. What happens is that some small companies do not want to use their resources to host their website on a dedicated server, as it requires a system administrator and the companies want to save their own time and money. As the companies want to minimize the cost so the shared hosting service provider is mainly responsible for the management of the se... more...

Computers » Networks | By Luigi Castagna @ Tuesday, 10th July 2007 @ 7:07 PM

When a single server serves pages for many websites, each with its own domain name then this type of hosting is known as shared hosting. What happens is that some small companies do not want to use their resources to host their website on a dedicated server, as it requires a system administrator and the companies want to save their own time and money. As the companies want to minimize the cost so the shared hosting service provider is mainly responsible for the management of the se... more...

Computers » Networks | By travis klein @ Thursday, 31st May 2007 @ 1:13 AM

Numbers of people these days have two computers in their homes; one is usually kept in the children\'s room and another in their personal room. So its important for you to know about home networking and its benefits that you can have from both systems in your home. But for this you should know certain things like how to set up home networking, what all you will need for it etc. In order to make home network set-up easy and useful, you need to install a network friendly OS (operating ... more...

Computers » Networks | By Tom Sample @ Monday, 4th December 2006 @ 2:47 PM

Anyone who has ever played online games knows high speed internet (HSI) is almost a must-have purchase. The reasons for this are many, but the proof is in the playing. When it comes to accuracy, speed and ease of use, it just can\'t be beat. Whether it\'s a T-1 line, cable or even DSL, high speed internet makes it easier for players to enjoy their games - especially the fast-paced ones that involve a lot of high end graphics. Why is this? It\'s simple, high speed ... more...

Computers » Networks | By Chris Bryant @ Monday, 17th July 2006 @ 12:57 PM

As a CCNA or CCNP, one thing you\'ve got to get used to is that change is constant. Cisco regularly issues new IOS versions, not to mention the many different kinds of hardware they produce! While it\'s always nice to have \"the latest and the greatest\" when it comes to routers, switches, firewalls, etc., we have to be prepared for the fact that not all our clients are going to have that latest and greatest! For instance, there are still quite a few Catalyst 5000 switc... more...

Computers » Networks | By Chris Bryant @ Friday, 14th July 2006 @ 2:03 PM

When you\'re studying to pass the Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exams, you quickly learn that there\'s always something else to learn. (You\'ll really pick up on this in your CCIE studies, trust me!) Today we\'ll take a look at an often-overlooked topic in Frame Relay, the encapsulation type. You don\'t exactly change this on a daily basis in production networks (not if you want to stay employed, anyway!), but it\'s an important exam topic that you must be fa... more...

Computers » Networks | By Chris Bryant @ Friday, 14th July 2006 @ 8:41 AM

BECNs and FECNs aren\'t just important to know for your Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exams - they\'re an important part of detecting congestion on a Frame Relay network and allowing the network to dynamically adjust its transmission rate when congestion is encountered. The Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (FECN, pronounced \"feckon\") bit is set to zero by default, and will be set to 1 if congestion was experienced by the frame in the direction in which the ... more...

Computers » Networks | By Susan Jan @ Thursday, 29th June 2006 @ 5:24 AM

A computer network is a collection of two or more computers with communication between them through a medium. The communication medium can be through radio waves, wires, infrared, optical fibers etc. Computer network is an integral part of our daily lives, with the most important reason being that of communication. The use of computer networking is to share resources like fax machines, printers, modems, files etc., and its other uses are database server, computer server, email, chat, inte... more...