Networking

Computer Networking Basics: What Is A Computer Network?

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Defining a computer network to a computer networking basics class seems an easy job—until you try to do it. The problem is that the definition of a computer network—two or more computers connected to each other—doesn’t account for all of the nuances of real-life networks. Basic computer networking terms seem to get blurred as the [...]

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What Is A Local Area Network?

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You probably know that a Local Area Network, also called a LAN, isn’t the Internet yet is somehow related. But what is it exactly, and what can it do for you? Previously we have written about what a computer network is and now we will discuss what a local area network is. Local Area Network [...]

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Basic Networking Explained: How To Connect Two Computers

April 6, 2011

How do you connect two computers to the Internet? That was a question that perplexed me the first time I tried to do it. I didn’t know what I needed to buy and how I would connect it all. Complicating the situation, there are several ways to connect two computers. One way we previously wrote [...]

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5 Uncommon Home Network Problems

March 29, 2011

Home network problems are a common occurrence now days. Just think about it? Everyone is now on the internet and most houses have some type of network setup to enable more than one computer to use the internet connection. Unfortunately this means that there are more Home network problems because people are settings these up [...]

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How To Use Two Wireless Routers In The Same House

March 23, 2011

If you have a big house (or office), you may find it necessary to run two wireless routers (or more) to share the internet connection around efficiently. Although you can just plug in both routers and start using them, a bunch of little network problems caused by having two wireless routers will soon start to [...]

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The Number One Problem With Network Printing

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You love network printing when you first set it up but no matter what you do, you still have a problem with network printing. No matter where you are with your laptop, you can print to your printer. But then it suddenly stops working. Windows can’t see your network printer any more. You try turning [...]

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How To Add Network Printing To Your Home Or Office

March 6, 2011

Network printing can let you print to printers in other rooms—even to printers on the other side of the world. Combined with wireless networking, it lets you put your printer anywhere in your house, freeing up valuable desk space. Previously we have had a number of articles published about how to add a network printer [...]

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Is Skype Slowing Down Your Internet?

February 22, 2011

You love using Skype to make free calls and video calls, but do you feel Skype slowing down your Internet connection—even when you’re not using it? Unfortunately, the way Skype lets millions of users make free calls is by using the bandwidth of unsuspecting users. Here’s how the scam works and how you can keep [...]

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Is The Internet Down? 5 Common Home Network Problems

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Sometimes home network problems are as easy to fix as plugging in a cord, yet “check your cords” is almost all the advice you’ll get from overworked help desk operators. Sometimes you get onto a help desk operator that wants to take you through every simple step, even the ones you have already performed. The [...]

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Find The IP Address Of A Computer On Your Home Network

December 7, 2010

In previous years and earlier operating systems it was not easy to find the Ip Address of a computer on your home network. We used to have to run from one computer to the next to get the Ip Addresses. However in Windows Vista and Windows Seven, having a home network can allow you to [...]

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What is a static and a dynamic IP Address?

June 10, 2010

On your home network, when you connect to the internet your computer is automatically assigned a unique IP Address. This is called a Dynamic IP Address and is randomly chosen and could possibly be a different number each time you connect. If the first computer has 10.0.0.1 as its IP address and another computer connects [...]

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WRC (Windows Zero Configuration) and Wireless connection problems

May 29, 2010

Sometimes when you are trying to connect to your wireless internet, you run across this error message: “Windows cannot configure this wireless connection. If you have enabled another program to manage this wireless connection, use that software. If you want Windows to configure this wireless connection, start the wireless zero configuration service. For information about [...]

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