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The document is a comprehensive guide for beginners on home networking and smart devices, providing step-by-step tutorials and jargon-free explanations. It covers essential topics such as routers, switches, Wi-Fi, and security measures to enhance networking skills and improve home network performance. Additionally, it offers exclusive discounts on tech manuals and a free online security manual for readers.

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Home Networking FBEd 925

The document is a comprehensive guide for beginners on home networking and smart devices, providing step-by-step tutorials and jargon-free explanations. It covers essential topics such as routers, switches, Wi-Fi, and security measures to enhance networking skills and improve home network performance. Additionally, it offers exclusive discounts on tech manuals and a free online security manual for readers.

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Improving Wi-Fi Security How To Protect SCT 66 Types of Security Risk 68 Hackers and You 70 The Virus Top Ten 72. Be Smart 74 Setting Up Windows Security 76 Why Updating is Important 78 What to Keep Updated and How 80 How to Secure Your Web Browser 82 How to Secure Your Home Network 84 What are Wireless Security Standards? 86 How to Secure Your Wireless Network 88 What is Encryption? 90 Encrypting Your Windows Laptop. 92 Top Ten Encryption Tools for Windows 94 What is a VPN? 96 How Cana VPN Improve Windows Security? 98 Top Ten VPNs 100 Using a VPN for Added Security 54 Combat Network and Privacy Issues 44 Networking an Entertainment System 46 The Google Home Collection 48 Google Home First Time Setup 50 All About Google Stadia 56 Windows Networking Command Cheat Sheet 58 Linux Networking Command Cheat Sheet 60 Troubleshooting Your Wi-Fi Network ; 62 Troubleshooting Your Wired Network ee — tome networking EE roduction to Home Networking Your Home Network Your home network is something most of us don’t even consider when we power on our devices and computers and surf the Internet; however, there's more to it than you think. How do we get on the Internet? How do we print from all our devices? How does it all work? Let's have a look. Consider the average user: they contact an internet Service Provider (SP), sign up for broadband deal, andin day or wi two they receive theirrouter through thet. Thisthey hook upto their exiting telephone tne, power up, then waitas [Link] theroutertum a certain colour indicating that a connection is made They canthen turn on their computer or device, locate the Service Set entier (S810, theroute's name), enter the wireless password and connect tothe Internet. _After that they tend to forgetallabout the routerand what's geingon. Unless theresa problem then usually MAE timeto learn a litte about how networking a RS suchas setting up a home entertainment ors, then youlldiscoverthat you're able toget more outof your network This Includes beterspeeds, more capability sytem, better secu, and you'tbe able to ‘quickly diagnose any problems should they ever aris. Inshert, creating and msintaininga good homenetwork will make your gga and online ie significantly better inthe ong un. Getting the most from your network ile you may thick our networkis running perfect fe there re ndoubteclyareasofimprovement. These ares include suing the Internet online gaming, watching streaming video services, watching contention multiple devices around the ome, being able to get acess to your network rom the extremities your homer garden, and more. All theselementscan be enhanced on itsust knowing what to tweak and howto get the most from what you have available Before we begin tolook at how tolimprove your network, itsworthnoting thatyoudohavea physical imiton what you can achieve. Thee’ only so much bandwidth avalableto your home from your SP so while you can teamline your acces tthe inemet, you'renot going tobe able te incrase that limit Likewise the data that moves around your home villalo ita physical iit Most wireless devices wilfind thefastst possible connection toyour outer, and wired devices (using an Ethernet cable), and computers willcommunicate at ther 100M or 1000s (or Gb/s} I'spossibleto improvethe connection, but nt increase the imitsof the actual hardware, good rule ofthumb to always remember hen networking, ether ona home network ofce networks orthe centre Internet thatthe connection speed isonly as fastas the slowest componentonthe network ir Home Net ee ey eee panne cane era ww ae een Seen peer aes Cee eed ee ets ee eee Ed eee ee ey Dense eee recent 1 Pees —_ een eet Se eee. ete Ces ean sae a ae Se 7 ee b/s, whereas witha gigabit Ethernet ste lor ports onthe ee eee See ee) ee ee eee ety [Link] megabytes 1O00M), _yourlSP.Intheory youcan reach these speeds, but extemalfactorssuch ee ee cee es eee er ee ard Se ee ee See eee oe eee ne ee as Introduction to Home Networking Routers: How do they work? Every Internet connected home, office, and multi-site megacorporation in the world uses a router to connect to the Intemet. The router is the bridge that gaps your home network to the wider world of the internet, as well as being the hub of all your connected devices. -Arouteris simply a piece of hardware that's designed to interconnect ‘onenetwork to another. They can be used to connect two individual office networks together, so the teams in each can share resources but ‘more specifally,interms ofthe home use, they reused to connect all ‘your devices to each other and ultimately the Internet. Routers come invarious shapes and sizes offering many features with some ofthe higher end models offering more. Typically, a router, theone youllreeiefomyourISP when yousgn upto abreadband deal willbe able todo the following Connect to the Internet Yourrouter wlfuncton asa bridge between yourcomputer andthe | Internet via thelSP's network What this means, yourlS® has sentyou device that's configured to access their network, so when you connect itat home, til begin to transmitand receive datato and from your computer and the [Link] SP itself ilhave ts own connection tothe Internet, avery bigone, nd willshare that bandwidth out withll ts customers Withyou being a customer, you'll gta shar of bandwidth ‘equalto the broadband package you're paying fr Assign Individual IP Addresses to Connected Devices (One ofthe outers primary functionsisto allocate Paddresses. An IP address a unique network identifier that allows communication acress ‘the network every computerconnected to the ntemet has aunique \Padkdress. These addresses workin muchthe same vay 36a postal adress they contin the information needed to ge to whee they e golngand where toretur, ‘There aretwotypesoflP address the fists Put: IP uses 32 binary bits tocreatea single address onthe network. An Ped address expressed by fourrumbers separated by dots. Each numbers the decimal representation fran eight digitbinary number alsocalled anoctet. For ‘example: 192.168,.150 1P6uses 128 binary bits to create single unique address onthe network An PY6 addres is xpressed by ight groups ofhexadecimal numbers separated by colons 3s in 2900237:87:d101:8al:c3d7-bae bb. Groups of numbers that contain allzeoeare omited to save space ‘when viewing the adress leaving double olon separator to mark the sap, such as fest tfetd115. Eachof yourdevicesat home willconectto the router andthe router willallocate an Pvt and Pus acdressfromits available poolof addresses. The outer itself has its oun |Padéres which tconneets tothe SP with, ‘ofwhich heISP llhave purchased large groups oP address frm the ANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Author) Form a Layer of Security to Protect Your Home Network ‘Yourrouterwilcontain a bultin firewall, hich is designed tohelp stop unwanted accessto the devices on yourhome network Forexample, hacker from the interme il ned get pat your routers frewall security before that can acess yourhome network Offer Wireless Connectivity to Devices Cuan oviousne this The outer have bul protocols aniennae to communicate and allocate Padressestoany wireless device that have cleared the password stage, _ABuiltn Sth, so Multiple Devices can Connect via Ethemet Cables Most routers wl featurea four port switch (more on switches ltr) that allows multiple wired computers and devices connection tothe route ‘Thesuitchwillautomaticaly sense thenetworkspeedofthedevice connected and communicate witht accordingly Network Address Translation (NAT) Network dess Translation translates the Paddessesofomputers inthe home network asngleP aces That singe Padesispart cote sPsrang of adresses Basal, NA conserves the numberof publ adresses used within an ognisition and itatows forse coniolofacessto escurceson both ses the outer For example, advice inside a network makes arequest toa computeron thelnteret Routers within the networkrecognise thatthe request isnot fora resource inside the network, they send therequestto the firewall, ‘Thefrewall sees the request rom the computer wth theintemallPt Routers: How do they work? Cal then makes the same equestto the ntemet usingits ‘wn public adress, and returns the response from the Intemet resource tothe computer inside the private network From the perspectvecf the resourceon the Internets sendinginformationto the addressof the rewal rom the perspective ofthe workstation, itappearsthat communicationiscrety withthe a siteon the nteret When NAT itused in thisway, al ses inside the home network acess the Intemet ith the same publilP address. That mans only one public addressis needed for hundreds or even thousands of uses Resource Sharing As theroiter connects al the devices tothe same network thay al abet intercommunicate wth eachother andtheeoresharresoures For eal alldevicescan it toyour harm's netorid print Parental or Safety Controls More modem routers now offer beter parental const elp cur the amount fine younger people have accesstothe intent. they canbe used to limit the websites that younger people can have acessto Port Forwarding Por fornrdngsanther bein the scenes rocesthat the our tates on Rinterepts tfc oan fom home networked devices tothe iran cane them oa specif device on the network ‘Alnetworkconnections include a port number Pot 8 isused or HTTP requests, and these ports define whatthe service's. For example if youwanttohosta Minecraft server, you would need toallowoutside Minecrafeusers accesso your server. They would connect to your Router'sP address and the specific Minecraftport, which ells the router what computer ishostng the Minecraftserver. Upgradable Firmware As telecommunicatonsprotcos advance, anda secuyfowsare screed an SP hs sponsblytenurtatalithe routes Rhassentouto ns customers are uptodate. The candothisby automaticly parading star on theroute calledthe mare. The new fear wicotinupdotespatchesand upgradesto security, and wil add new features and improvementstothe router Me) Introduction to Home Networking Switches: What are they, how do they work? Most modern routers contain at least a four-port switch built into the back of the unit. These ports allow for physical, Ethernet connection to the router from networked devices. But what are they, and how do they work? Switches omen many ses. Some are quite Ly Wy, tings ate pest cnmect (iy, asta dnb Zz, componies,canhave tense ports. Inthesimplest terms, aswitch enables multiple computers toconnectto anetworkusing physica cable, called an = Ethernet cable (or RJA5 cable Each computerisconnectd tothe ‘snitch, and matte switchescan be connected to eachother: Thisallows MAIER hundreds of computers let'ssay onthe floor of anofficebulding, tobe connected tothe Roorsabove and below, aswell as tothe company/'sservers and routers Sites also come withaliferent backbone speeds, whichis the physical lithe datacan travel toand from each ofthe ports. These speeds range from 10Mb/st01006b/s The most popular, andthe one that’s likely buitinte your utes 1Gb/s although 100Mbys stil possbleto Hone ong find on some routers. While Etheretisthe primary connection port ype, alotof switches wilalso have fibre portconnectons too, which is much {aster Thsallows multiple svtches to connect to eachother and forma: srch faster bandwith backbone connection, ‘The primary fnctionofaswitchis to transport data around the network, usualy rom areas ofthe network that are outof each from ts core For ‘example, youcan haveallyourcomputersconnected to yourrouter's switch, butifyou wantthecomputersupstas connected, youll need to factorina switch You would purchase a switch withthe required number cof ports, use one ofthe portsfora cable that will un downstairs tothe routersswitch then connect your upstairs computersto the new stch, ‘You've now crated a mult-svitch networks the one upetsirsisconnected tothe witch thats bultinto the router, and allthe computers can happily sainaccessto the network andthe Internet ‘That's very simplistic example, butts not toodiferentfrom how a ‘cal. worldskuaton will work nthe ofce you would have multiple Noor, ‘teams rooms and soon. Each ofthese probably has is own switch, which is inturnconnectedt the main switch that the company's servers are connected to. Naturally dependingon the siz of the company and bow ‘many computers, printers an soon are connected tothe network the setup can quickly become quit lage molving many switches across ‘mutile floes andeven buildings. Managed Networks Another core function of asvtch sto manage the network, Thismens thataswitchiscapablcfbuitdnga mapoftscomected devices, and censngthat the conect datas sent tothe comect devicein site tine as posible, anda cleanly as possible bythe shortest route. ‘A good example isifcomputerA needs to send something to Computer 8. Both computersarelocatedinclfferent partsofthenetwork. Aswitch Isabletomonitor and deliver the data package om computer directly to-computer8 without having to interrogate any otherconnected device ‘onthe system. Should computer or be moved inthe future the switch an nteligettaltertsunderstanding ofthe location ofthe devices and change the route accordingly; building amap ofthe network for beter cfcieneyand avoiding packetcolisions onthenetwork, hich wil ‘realy degrade the overall speed ofthe network. ‘Thetypes of itches found built into routers are usualy unmanaged, but ‘thisdoesn't mean they don’t manage the network to some smal degre, ‘Anunmanaged switch wllstil automatically learn anc map the network, acing colons by routing data toitsintended devices, heyjustwont feature some of more complex elements ofa managed switch. Switches at Home you have no wireless devices inyour ome then using switches to connectalthe computerson the networkisyourbest bet. Auitch ould therefore be positioned upstairs fedingto the builtin sitchin ‘the router another could be located inthe garage, fedingtothe router, ‘and anothercould bein your shed atthe bottom ofthe garden, again feedingintothe outer. The route will now be lacking in pots, so one ‘more switch forthe downstairs wllsatisy any computers connocted lit, deed terete nis 9 “ny, sanatoveveting’s “i, connected toeach cotherand ultimately therouter They canall'ee each (C switches: What are they, how do they work? Cal fe Peer eee rete eee a eet ™ erally gain in complexity the hig entre Atayer1 eee ae eee eee See eee eet Dee een eee ee eee eee eee and forward ata single peed. Since every packets repeated Seen eee ees a oe) een et tet reer ce See ee eee eee eee ees See eee eee eae See eee ees eee eid Ceres Peer) Alayer3 switch can performsomecr allofthe functions normally Pets ees ee ieee ey Cee eo See eae Atayer4 eee Dee een cee Cee ees commonly oer Network Address Translation, Sey a ee eet other aswellas preceoe (Qiaa tomtadehe ORR D ete ea ete nee: eee ans ee eee eer ee fee vonutaig roduction to Home Networking Wi-Fi: What is it, how does it work? It's not that long ago when wireless communications across the network was akin to witchcraft Atthe time we had coaxial cables networking everything, then Ethernet, and then Wi-Fi began to emerge, and it was utterly brilliant. We take WiFi and wireless connectivity for granted these days. Thephone that most cofuscarry around, withits or Bluetooth parte another devin simply an amazing piece of technology. As we saidin (ON theintro,itwasn' all thatlong ago when connectingto a network overa wireless setup was simply out ofthe question. ‘While ithas existed since the early seventies, as UNF wireless packet networking, wasn't worth the exorbitant cost of installation, Introduction to Home Networking Powerline Adapters: Extend Your Network Ifyour home network doesn’t reach the furthest corners of your house, maybe because some rooms are too far from the router, or a thick stone wall blocks your Wi-Fi signal, powerline adapters area potential solution. But what are they, and how do they work? ‘There are any reasons why yourhome WiFinetworkdoesn'treach into every partof your house. The outer’ wireless signal might nothave therangeto gett the furthest roome, or the walls might be very thick and heavy, which makes it ficult for Wil to penetrate Somaybe you need tomake a cabled connection tone ofthe router's Ethemet ports, buton't want trailEthemet cables through the house. Powerline adapters are a potential solution forextending both your wireless and ‘abled network using your home's electrical cabling as data cables. ‘Apowerline adapter it comeswithat least two plug adapters, which aresmalldevces that pluginto your electrical sockets. They usually have atleastone Ethernet por, and they might alzohave WiFi access points and“through ports, whereby you can plugan electrical device into the adapter, and thus use itwithoutlosinga socket. One of these lugs shouldbe fted ner your router. Plugs with through ports are very useful here 25 you can plug the powerline device nto the main, ‘then plug the outerinto the powerline adapter. Anthemet cable — ‘which should be supplied with your powerline adapter kit- should be used toconnect the adaptertothe router. Thesecond powerline adapter should be positioned elsewhere inthe house, somewhere your curtenthome network antreach, litle more seting up might be necessary, probably using fre software supplied bythe powertine adapters manufacturer When you're done, the two powetine adapters ‘communicate with each other and can transfer data between them, Uusingthe household etectcal cabling as data cables. the adapter that'snot connectedto your router offers Wireless Access Pint, WiFi enabled device can connectto it and get online (and alzo onto your local network, ofcourse, by connecting wirelessly tothe powerline adapter. Thisadapter then connects tothe router's powerine adapter, through the house's electricalcables, and thus to the router sounds complicated, but itsnt just works Cabled Connectivity le motiere dees connecto youre ung WF forse things you might prefer acabld connection Agumesconsoe for example ight benefit om the addtional stability offered by there, adiour1V shows regulary butler de tocongesed wires network, puegngnan thrnet able might sche yourprobles,Kyourrouter ‘sclose enough to the device in question, there's no problem; simply, connec the wo wthanEthemet cable Unfortunate, sistent thecaseTheconsclorSmar TV might be log dstance fromthe router quite pssibyn a ferentroomentely Thisiswher powering dapescomein handy Instead of walling Ethernet cables trough the house, and citing holes in ‘the wallstopassthem through to the next room, youcanusea powerine adaptor satup With an adapter connected to your router, you simply need to plugthe second untnearthe device you want to connect through

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