Category: home networking

Although creating a wired Ethernet network isn’t expensive it is time consuming, involves basic DIY abilities, and making a mess.

Although we are used to using names (e.g. www.google.com) when surfing the Internet, the Internet works on numbers called IP

What is Power over Ethernet (PoE)? POE allows an Ethernet cable to carry DC power as well as data signals

All windows computers since windows for workgroups have been capable of sharing resources like files and printers on the network,

What is DHCP? DHCP stands for Dynamic Host configuration protocol  and provides a mechanism for automatically allocating IP (IPv4) addresses

The ping command is one of the most often used networking utilities for troubleshooting network problems. You can use the

An Internet connected home/home office network, consists of a variety of hardware and software components. In this tutorial we look

Windows has some very useful networking utilities that are accessed from a command line (cmd console). On Windows 10 type

You can manually assign IP addresses to your computers and devices. These addresses are known as static addresses. See Home