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Basic Networking >> Building Your Basic Network | Understanding Your Network
What Is Networking?
What Can A Network Do For Me?
What Is High Speed Internet?
What are ISPs?
What Can I Do With High Speed Internet?
Choosing Your Network Type
Choosing Your Type of Network
Choosing Your Broadband Connection
Choosing Wired or Wireless
What is Wired?
What is Wireless?
Understanding Wireless Frequency
Understanding Wireless Range
Network Type Summary
Equipment and Setup
Wired: What Do I Need?
Wired: What Does My Computer Need?
Wired: How To Set Up a Network
Wired: Adding Wireless
Wireless: What Do I Need?
Wireless: What Does My Computer Need?
Wireless: How To Set Up A Network
Wireless: Combine It!
Adding To Your Network
Making The Most Out of My Network
Expanding Your Network
Firewire/USB
Bluetooth
Media Devices
The Whole Picture

What is Wired?

How Does a Wired Connection Work?

  • A wired connection uses an Ethernet cable (Cat5 and Cat5e are the most commonly used) to transfer packets of data from one point to another
  • Ethernet cables look similar to phone cables, but are slightly wider and can handle much more information

Benefits

  • Speed
  • Reliability
  • Security

Drawbacks

  • Clutter
  • Architectural obstacles (walls, ceilings)
  • Detracts from surrounding décor

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