Components of a Network
Back to Networking Simplified The Network schematic showing how the parts of the network connect to each other are detailed in the next post. You might want to take a peek. In this post, I want you to get familiar with each of the devices and the connectors you would find on them and how [...]
How it connects together
Back to Networking Simplified You now know enough about your networking basics to start putting things together. However don’t rush into it as this post would be incomplete without the upcoming posts on wiring your network so that you can setup your wiring once and forget it for a long time to come. Then there [...]
Networking basics
Back to Networking Simplified Remember, you are going to get only as much basics as you need to set up your own Home or small office network. If you need additional information please look elsewhere as this post is written with a particular audience in mind and too much information is overwhelming and confusing.
What is a server?
Back to Networking Simplified This is something I get regularly quizzed about. When the server is installed in a networking cabinet and looks radically different from a desktop in its form factor, people have no questions about it. However when its form factor changes for example in the lower range servers and someone looks at [...]
How a computer works
Back to Networking Simplified We can divide the logical parts of a computer into five horizontal slices. Hardware (Right at the bottom) Firmware or BIOS software (Basic Input/Output System) The Operating System Driver Software ( Device drivers) Application Software (Topmost)
Networking Simplified
I work for an organization which is an association of about 20 odd mission hospitals spread out over suburban and rural India. Although our hospitals are spread out more over North, Central and North Eastern India, there are other similar organizations who call me up for consultancy regularly who cover some of the parts left [...]
Using apt-cacher to reduce your bandwidth consumption
We had been managing on an Airtel 512kbps business plan for quite a while. When a new fourth office came up, it became apparent that our connection would no longer serve our purpose. For the fourth office, the Internet was critical and even after going in for a new 1Mbps leased line, our individual bandwidth [...]
Review: D-Link DNS-323 NAS Box
NAS is finally getting cheap enough to fit the budget of big budget home owners and SOHO and SMB’s. With cameras, video recorders, movies and music all going digital, users now have huge amounts of data they want to protect optimally. With increased hard drive space being available at lower costs, redundant backup is slowly [...]
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