Thursday, 09 September, 2010

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Wire Local Area Network

Wired Networking is the most commonly used today. From as simple as 2 PCs connected together to as many as 500 PCs around the island, we provide all the required equipments and consultations. Speed of the Network is typically 10/100/1000Mbps. Star Topology design is highly recommended for network speed and ease of maintenance.

To wire up a Network, the network engineer will have to explore your current office setup. The layout floor plans of the office, make of walls, height of ceiling and the currently built-in furniture.

In addition, the PCs are to be configured with Network Interface Card NIC. This applies to the notebooks or any other Computing Equipments. The printers are normally linkup with the Print Server for better management of resources. A Central filing storage in the form of File Server is normally place in the central of the Star.

For last few years, wireless in making inroad into the market but wired Networking is here to stay for many more years to come due to the speed and reliabilities. For information on wireless networking, please click here.

As wired network required a wire to be laid all the way normally from the switches to the system, roaming is almost impossible. Hence, a Mixed Network consisting of Wired LAN as infrastructure and Wireless Access Points created. It makes used the best features of both Wired and Wireless LAN.



A Simple 2 PCs Peer to Peer Network.

The cheapest way to share resources
Example:
Printers, Common Files and Internet Access.

Items Required
2x Network Interface Card NIC
1x Crossed Twisted Pair Cable

Both systems required to had Operation System that supports Networking



Multi-users Peer to Peer Network.

Based on the Network above, as the company grows, more Systems are added into the Network as well as more resources that need to be shared to reduce costs and improve efficiency.


A Hub/Switch is added to facilitate the connections of the NICs of the Systems. A modem is connected to one of the system for the access to Internet. By making the system with the modem as the gateway machine, users of other Systems are able to access the Internet without having to get extra modems, telephone lines and Bills.

A Typical Domain Network Infrastucture.