Network Troubleshooting and Support
How to Secure Your Wireless Network If you use a wireless network, chances are good it is not secure. If you don't
make some important configuration changes on your wireless router after installing
it, your wireless network is wide open to hackers, curious neighbors and people
who would rather use your broadband internet service instead of buying their own. More ... What is Structured Cabling for LANs (Local Area Networks)? With today's high speed networks, people realize that the networking system must be
broken up into shorter chunks for that reason structured wiring standard has been developed. More ... How to Choose a Fiber Optic Tool Kit What do you need in a fiber optic tool kit? There are kits for epoxy and polishing
connector termination, quick connector termination, fusion splicing, mechanical splicing,
optic cleaning, fiber optic testing, and many more. More ... Network Change Control System The most boring, but also the most important task of a network administrator is
documenting the network. Documenting your network can save you an enormous amount
of time and money. More ... Troubleshooting The Network When you receive a call for technical support, you need to log the problem as you
receive the call. To prioritize a problem you need to assess the seriousness of the
problem and what impact it has on the network. More ... Wireless Network Security - The Basics of Securing a Wireless LAN This article discusses how to secure your home and business wireless network. The process of a
client associating and authenticating to an access point is standard. The security requirements
vary from a home network, small business network and government departments requiring
stringent network security. More ... Data Encryption There are two kinds of key encryption: private key and public key. In private key
encryption a single key is used. Public key encryption uses two keys. One key,
called the private key can only be used to decrypt a document. The other key, called
the public key, can only encrypt a document. More ... Firewall Internet Security - The Basics of a Firewall Enterprise companies today employ firewalls that inspect sessions between external and
internal hosts and devices. The firewall filters traffic by examining the source and
destination IP addresses, application port and protocol port before making a decision
whether to permit or deny a session or specific traffic. More ... Creating a Backup Plan Imagine a large corporation with millions of dollars of data stored on their network.
A fire causes massive data loss. How much work would be required to re-create the lost
data? Without backups, the company may not survive the disaster. More ... Wireless Network Security Before the IEEE completed the 802.11i standard the Wi-Fi Alliance released WPA. After
the release of the IEEE 802.11i standard, the Wi-Fi Alliance released WPA2 which is
compatible with both the 802.11i standard and WPA. More ... Structured Cabling - A Detailed Tutorial and Even More! Structured Cabling System is a generic communication wiring scheme that is installed in
buildings that is able to support all types of communication systems including: telephone
systems, computer LANs, video systems, imaging systems and more. Structured cabling
system is also called premises distribution system. More ...
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